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also available: Paperback
category: Children's Fiction
published: May 1995
ISBN:9781554984718
publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd

Out of the Blue

by Sarah Ellis

tagged: new baby, adolescence
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.

About the Author

Sarah Ellis

SARAH ELLIS is a celebrated author, teacher and children’s literature expert. She has written more than twenty books across the genres, and her books have been translated into French, Spanish, Danish, Chinese and Japanese. She has won the Governor General’s Literary Award (Pick-Up Sticks) and the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award (Odd Man Out). Sarah is a masthead reviewer for the Horn Book Magazine, and she is a former faculty member of Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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
  • Short-listed, Governor General's Literary Awards: Text
  • Winner, IODE Violet Downey Book Award
  • Winner, Mr. Christie's Book Award
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

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