Waiting for Normal - Hardcover

Connor, Leslie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060890886 ISBN 13: 9780060890889

Verlag: KATHERINE TEGEN BOOKS, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Connor Leslie

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Críticas

*"This book persuades that good people and delighful possibilities are all around, even in the most unpromising circumstances."--KLIATT

"Connor convincingly portray's Addie's beyond-her-years resourcefulness and the opposing feelings that drive her to protect the life she has while longing to be a permanent part of the 'normal' home her sisters occupy with her stepfather."--The Horn Book

"A story centered around loss, heartbreak, abandonment, and new beginnings."--School Library Journal (starred review)

"A heroine with spunk and spirit offers an inspiring lesson in perseverance and hope. First-rate."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[Leslie] Connor treats the subject of child neglect with honesty and grace in this poignant story. Characters as persuasively optimistic as Addie are rare, and readers will gravitate to her."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Reseña del editor

Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.

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• Verlag: KATHERINE TEGEN BOOKS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0060890886
• ISBN 13: 9780060890889
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290