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also available: Paperback
category: Children's Fiction
published: Aug 2014
ISBN:9781554558520
publisher: Fitzhenry and Whiteside

Counting Back from Nine

by Valerie Sherrard

tagged: values & virtues, death & dying, parents, love & romance
Description

"There are rules for what I've done. Specific punishments for crimes against friendship."

Laren Olivier knows the rules, but her attraction to a friend's ex-boyfriend is strong. She tells herself that if she and Scott can keep their new romance a secret, no one will get hurt. But Laren is not the only one with something to hide.

Thus begins a year-long journey through secrets, lies, exposures and betrayals. Somehow, Laren must find a way to reconcile who she is with what she's done. And when tragedy strikes, she finds herself struggling with a discovery so shocking it rocks the very foundation of her world.

A novel in free verse by award-winning author Valerie Sherrard.

About the Author

Valerie Sherrard

Valerie Sherrard is an award-winning author of picture books and middle-grade and young adult novels. Her novel The Glory Wind won the Geoffrey Bilson and the Ann Connor Brimer Awards. Her works have been chosen as Silver Birch and Red Maple Award Honour Books, and garnered other readers’ choice award nominations including the MYRCA, the Hackmatack, and the Saskatchewan Willows. Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, she now lives in Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
12 to 18
Grade:
7 to 12
Awards
  • Runner-up, Governor General's Literary Award

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