Waiting to Disappear - Couverture souple

Fritz, April Young

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786816082 ISBN 13 : 9780786816088

Editeur : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2004

Synopsis

*"Events unfold believably and hopefully in this moving story about family, mental illness, and coming of age. . . ."-Booklist (starred review)

Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Mullens, better known as Buddy, should be having a wonderful summer. Everybody in her small Southern town is getting ready for the Fourth of July, and she's about to start high school. But little by little, Buddy's mom is slipping into her own dark world, and that summer she finally has a breakdown. She has to be taken to Moodus Meadows, a place for people with emotional problems. How could her mother just leave her? Buddy still has her dad and even likes the idea of her glamorous Aunt Sherry staying with them, but she wants her mom back. And one way or another she's going to make it happen.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Mullens, better known as Buddy, should be having a wonderful summer. Everybody in her small Southern town is getting ready for the Fourth of July, and she's about to start high school. But little by little, Buddy's mom is slipping into her own dark world, and that summer she finally has a breakdown. She has to be taken to Moodus Meadows, a place for people with emotional problems. How could her mother just leave her? Buddy still has her dad and even likes the idea of her glamorous Aunt Sherry staying with them, but she wants her mom back. And one way or another she's going to make it happen. H "Events unfold believably and hopefully in this moving story about family, mental illness, and coming of age. . . ."-Booklist (starred review)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786816082
• ISBN 13: 9780786816088
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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