Summer of the Gypsy Moths: An Empathetic and Humorous Middle-Grade Story of Foster Girls Becoming True Family - Couverture rigide

Pennypacker, Sara

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ISBN 10 : 0061964204 ISBN 13 : 9780061964206

Editeur : HarperCollins, 2012

Synopsis

From Clementine author Sara Pennypacker, this is a poignant middle-grade novel about two foster children who must find a way to work together in order to survive.

Eleven-year-old Stella misses her (unreliable) mom, but she loves it at great-aunt Louise’s house. Louise lives on Cape Cod, where Stella hopes her mom will someday come and settle down. The only problem? Angel, the foster kid Louise has taken in. The two girls live together but there’s no way they’ll ever be friends.

Then Louise suddenly passes away one morning—and Stella and Angel decide not to tell anyone. Now they have to depend on each other for survival. Now they are forced to trust each other with the biggest secret ever.

With great empathy and humor, Sara Pennypacker tells the story of two very different girls who unexpectedly become each other’s true family.

What does it take for two girls to keep the biggest secret on Cape Cod?

• An Unlikely Friendship: Stella is a rule-follower and Angel is a cactus-prickly rebel. When they’re left alone, these two opposites must become a team—or risk losing everything.
• A Heartbreaking Secret: After their great-aunt Louise suddenly passes away, the girls decide not to tell anyone. They’ll run her summer cottage business themselves to avoid being sent back into the foster care system.
• Found Family: With no adults to rely on, Stella and Angel must learn to depend on each other, discovering that family isn’t just about who you’re related to, but who you show up for.
• A Moving Coming of Age Story: A funny and poignant middle grade novel about navigating grief, learning to trust, and finding your own place in the world, one secret at a time.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sara Pennypacker is the author of the New York Times bestselling Pax and Pax, Journey Home; the award-winning Clementine series and its spinoff series, Waylon; and the acclaimed novels Summer of the Gypsy Moths and Here in the Real World. She divides her time between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Florida. You can visit her online at sarapennypacker.com.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Stella loves living with Great-aunt Louise in her big old house near the water on Cape Cod for many reasons, but mostly because Louise likes routine as much as she does, something Stella appreciates since her mom is, well, kind of unreliable. So while Mom "finds herself," Stella fantasizes that someday she'll come back to the Cape and settle down. The only obstacle to her plan? Angel, the foster kid Louise has taken in. Angel couldn't be less like her name—she's tough and prickly, and the girls hardly speak to each other.

But when tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Stella and Angel are forced to rely on each other to survive, and they learn that they are stronger together than they could have imagined. And over the course of the summer they discover the one thing they do have in common: dreams of finally belonging to a real family.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

Stella loves living with Great-aunt Louise in her big old house near the water on Cape Cod for many reasons, but mostly because Louise likes routine as much as she does, something Stella appreciates since her mom is, well, kind of unreliable. So while Mom finds herself, Stella fantasizes that someday she'll come back to the Cape and settle down. The only obstacle to her plan? Angel, the foster kid Louise has taken in. Angel couldn't be less like her name--she's tough and prickly, and the girls hardly speak to each other.

But when tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Stella and Angel are forced to rely on each other to survive, and they learn that they are stronger together than they could have imagined. And over the course of the summer they discover the one thing they do have in common: dreams of finally belonging to a real family.

--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0061964204
• ISBN 13: 9780061964206
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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