Summary
In this first novel from picture-book author Sally Derby, Kyle learns that life changes can result in new discoveries.What do you do when your family falls apart?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;For as far back as Kyle can remember, summers have belonged to GramP#39;s cottage on the lakeP#8212;playing around, fishing all day, and hanging out with the whole family. But this year is different. His father has moved out, his grandmother has died, and his mother is selling the cottage because they canP#39;t afford the upkeep. When everything he cherishes is lost, what is Kyle left with?Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Sally Derby takes readers to a small lake in 1970s Michigan, where thirteen-year-old Kyle comes to understand that loss isnP#39;t forever, and that people are more complicated than they seem.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781580893176 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1580893171 |
| Author: | Sally Derby |
| Publisher: | Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 141mm x 211mm |
| Audience Age: | 10 |
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Critics Review
”…Derby creates a realistic rendition of family life, with a smattering of adventure, in this tender coming-of-age story.”
–Publishers Weekly
“Debut novelist Derby writes a quiet, solid, and benevolently old-fashioned story…”
–The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“A poignant coming-of-age story…”
–Kirkus Reviews
Sally Derby
Sally Derby was born and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She had a very ordinary life until she learned to read and write. After that, whenever she wasnP#39;t in school, she was either reading or writing herself into exciting and wonderful places. She lived with her parents, her younger sister Cecelia, and the fabulous characters from books and her imagination until she went to college in Oxford, Ohio.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;When she finished college she married Karl Miller and moved a whole forty miles to Cincinnati, Ohio. Soon she became a mother. Son after son was born or came to live with her until she and her husband were the proud parents of eight sons and one daughter. She has written several books for children including No Mush Today (Lee Pamp; Low Books), Whoosh Went the Wind (Marshall Cavendish), and HannahP#39;s Bookmobile Christmas (Henry Holt), a Smithsonian Notable Book.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Sally lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit her website at
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