Tiny Infinities - Couverture rigide

Diehl, J.H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1452163359 ISBN 13 : 9781452163352

Editeur : Chronicle Books, 2018

Synopsis

When Alice's dad moves out, leaving her with her troubled mother, she does the only thing that feels right: she retreats to her family's old Renaissance tent in the backyard, determined to live there until her dad comes home. In an attempt to keep at least one part of her summer from changing, Alice focuses on her quest to swim freestyle fast enough to get on her swim team's record board. But summers contain multitudes, and soon Alice meets an odd new friend, Harriet, whose obsession with the school's science fair is equal only to her conviction that Alice's best stroke is backstroke, not freestyle. Most unexpected of all is an unusual babysitting charge, Piper, who is mute—until Alice hears her speak. A funny and honest middle-grade novel, this sharply observed depiction of family, friendship, and Alice's determination to prove herself—as a babysitter, as a friend, as a daughter, as a person—rings loud and true.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

J. H. Diehl has an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop; this is her first novel. She lives in Maryland.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

When Alice's dad moves out, leaving her with her troubled mother, she does the only thing that feels right: she retreats to her family's old Renaissance tent in the backyard, determined to live there until her dad comes home. In an attempt to keep at least one part of her summer from changing, Alice focuses on her quest to swim freestyle fast enough to get on her swim team's record board. But summers contain multitudes, and soon Alice meets an odd new friend, Harriet, whose obsession with the school's science fair is equal only to her conviction that Alice's best stroke is backstroke, not freestyle. Most unexpected of all is an unusual babysitting charge, Piper, who is muteùuntil Alice hears her speak. A funny and honest middleûgrade novel, this sharply observed depiction of family, friendship, and Alice's determination to prove herselfùas a babysitter, as a friend, as a daughter, as a personùrings loud and true.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chronicle Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1452163359
• ISBN 13: 9781452163352
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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