The Elephant in the Room
$13.59
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
20 July 2021
Summary
It’s been almost a year since Sila’s mum travelled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States.
The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to bear. But things change when Sila accompanies her father (who is a mechanic) outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There, behind an enormous stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won the state lottery. Their …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800780002 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800780001 |
| Author: | Holly Goldberg Sloan |
| Publisher: | Templar Books |
| Imprint: | Piccadilly Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 194g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
I couldn’t stop reading-I had to find out what would happen. An unusual and lovely real-life fairy tale. * Linda Sue Park, New York Times Bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water *
A gorgeous and emotional novel. I loved every page. * Cynthia Kadohata, Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira *
Each character wrestles with love and loss and struggles with decisions about when to act and when to wait; each in their own way has insight into the others, and empathy for them … Sila wonders if people are more compassionate because of their own difficult experiences; in this unique, touching book, the answer is yes. * School Library Journal, starred review *
Using multiple narrative perspectives, [Goldberg Sloan] touches on many weighty topics (grief, autism, deportation, animal cruelty), handling each with sensitivity. * Booklist *
Sloan captures the importance of compassion and bravery when facing life’s challenges … themes of collectivity and community in the face of isolation and stigma are brought to the surface and themselves offer depth to this heartfelt and sincere story. * Kirkus *
Holly Goldberg Sloan
Holly Goldberg Sloan spent part of her childhood living in Istanbul, Turkey. She is a scriptwriter and the highly-acclaimed author of two YA novels, I’ll Be There and Just Call My Name. Her middle-grade novel, Counting by 7s, was an Amazon Best Book of the Year in 2013 and a New York Times bestseller. She is also the co-author of the highly praised To Night Owl From Dogfish. She lives in Santa Monica, California.
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