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Description
Winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award and the Violet Downey Book Award
When Megan finds out why her mother is acting so odd, she is shocked and overwhelmed. Suddenly she is expected to welcome a new half-sister as part of the family.
This is a beautiful, compassionate novel that is both poignant and funny.
Contributor Notes
Sarah Ellis is the author of sixteen books for young readers, including The Baby Project and Odd Man Out. She has won the Mr. Christie’s Book Award, the Violet Downey Book Award, the Governor General’s Award, the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Her books have been translated into French, Spanish, Danish, Chinese and Japanese. She is a masthead reviewer for the Horn Book Magazine and was recently writer-in-residence at the Toronto Public Library.
In 2013 Sarah was nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, children’s literature’s richest prize. She was also honored with the 2013 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence.
Sarah teaches in the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age:
- 10 to 14
- Grade:
- 5 to 9
- Reading age:
- 10 to 14
Awards
- Long-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award
- Winner, IODE National Chapter Award
- Winner, IODE Violet Downey Book Award
- Winner, Mr. Christie's Book Award
- Short-listed, Governor General's Literary Awards: Text
Editorial Reviews
Ellis' handling of the family dynamics is quiet and sure and her characters...are fresh, appealing - and imperfect. No angst-filled drama here; instead readers get a solid, credible adjustment story.
— Booklist, STARRED REVIEW
Vivid, fully realized and difficult to forget.
— Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW
A rich story, written with grace and empathy, in which very real troubles are tempered with humor and love.
— Horn Book
Out of print
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