Calling the Swan |
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| Author:
| Thesman, Jean |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-230035-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $5.99 |
Book Description:
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Since the unspeakable thing happened to their family three years ago, Skylar Deacon's parents have hated to let her out of their sight. Now she's going to summer school, and it's a struggle to leave each morning. Skylar's older sister offers her support, but Skylar is the one who has to brave the bus, the school, the strangers . . . and the truth about what made the Deacon family outcasts. Does she have the strength to stop looking back and face the future? "Thesman...
More DescriptionSince the unspeakable thing happened to their family three years ago, Skylar Deacon's parents have hated to let her out of their sight. Now she's going to summer school, and it's a struggle to leave each morning. Skylar's older sister offers her support, but Skylar is the one who has to brave the bus, the school, the strangers . . . and the truth about what made the Deacon family outcasts. Does she have the strength to stop looking back and face the future?
"Thesman handles the characters with sympathy and understanding. [Readers] will be carried through the book by the lure of their unresolved secrets . . . This is a very fine book." (School Library Journal, starred review)