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Reaching for Sun

by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

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Publisher Comments:

Josie Wyatt knows what it means to be different. Her family’s small farmhouse seems to shrink each time another mansion grows up behind it. She lives with her career-obsessed mom and opinionated Gran, but has never known her father. Then there’s her cerebral palsy: even if Josie wants to forget that she was born with a disability, her mom can’t seem to let it go. Yet when a strange new boy—Jordan—moves into one of the houses nearby, he seems oblivious to all the things that make Josie different. Before long, Josie finds herself reaching out for something she’s never really known: a friend… and possibly more. Interlinked free verse poems tell the beautiful, heartfelt story of a girl, a family farm reduced to a garden, and a year of unforgettable growth.

Synopsis:

Josie Wyatt knows what it means to be different. She lives with her career-obsessed mom and opinionated Gran, but has never known her father. Then there's her cerebral palsy. Yet when a strange new boy moves nearby, Josie finds herself reaching out for something she's never really known: a friend--and possibly more.

About the Author

Tracie Vaughn Zimmer's first teaching assignment was special education. She taught high school students with autism and middle school children with developmental and learning disabilities. She holds a master’s degree in reading education and is the author of a book of poetry, Sketches from a Spy Tree (Clarion). She loves living in Waxhaw, North Carolina, with her family but will always consider Ohio her home.
 
www.tracievaughnzimmer.com

Product Details

ISBN:
9781599900377
Author:
Vaughn Zimmer, Tracie
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Author:
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn
Subject:
Friendship
Subject:
Grandmothers
Subject:
Situations / Special Needs
Subject:
Social Issues - Special Needs
Subject:
People with disabilities
Subject:
Single-parent families
Edition Description:
Us
Publication Date:
January 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
181
Dimensions:
7.32x5.04x.74 in. .57 lbs.
Age Level:
08-12

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