Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"A Compelling, Emotionally Gripping Read"--BooklistShe has to save her grandma and their home.
She also needs to avoid a dangerous robber.
And she must ... definitely ... save the dog.
When her Grandma Beth ends up in the hospital after a stroke, twelve-year-old Poppy Parker realizes she has to come up with a plan that will get their life together back to normal. Somehow. But how is she supposed to do that when there's a robber seeking to shut her up for good?
Frightened, but refusing to give up, Poppy soon ends up in the most unusual witness protection program ever: she'll be temporarily staying with the lead detective's mother. Who happens to be really nice, so Poppy starts feeling almost at home. She even makes sort-of friends with a girl named Lizzie, and happily befriends Gunner, a beautiful dog with an uncertain future.
It's time for new plans now. Get Grandma Beth back home. Don't let the robber catch her. With Lizzie's help, save Gunner's life.
There's just one scary question left: what happens if the robber is safely put behind bars, but Grandma Beth still can't go back home?
2016-2017 Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award
2016 Missouri Mark Twain Reader's Award
Synopsis
She has to save her grandma and their home.
She also needs to avoid a dangerous criminal.
And she must ... definitely ... save the dog.
When her Grandma Beth ends up in the hospital after a stroke, 12 year-old Poppy is determined to come up with a plan that will get their life together back to normal. Somehow. But how is she supposed to do that when there's a criminal seeking to shut her up for good?
Frightened, but refusing to give up, Poppy soon ends up in the most unusual form of witness protection ever; she'll be temporarily staying with the lead detective's mother. Who happens to be really nice. So Poppy starts to feel almost at home. She even makes sort-of friends with a girl named Lizzie, and happily befriends Gunner, a beautiful dog with an uncertain future.
It's time for new plans now. Get Grandma Beth back home. Don't let the criminal catch her. With Lizzie's help save Gunner's life.
There's just one scary question left?
What happens if the criminal is safely behind bars, but Grandma Beth still can't come home?
"A compelling, emotionally-gripping read."--Booklist
2016-2017 Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award
2016 Missouri Mark Twain Reader's Award
Synopsis
How do you cope when the impossible happens?Poppy Parker's world is collapsing. Life was so safe and easy before her Grandma Beth had a stroke and ended up in a nursing home. Now she's desperately homesick and struggling to cope with life in a children's center.
Worried her grandma may need help, Poppy runs away to visit her, never expecting to witness a serious crime that lands her under the temporary protection of the lead detective. Fearing that the police will return her to the children's center once she's no longer useful, Poppy hesitates to help them identify the suspect, focusing instead on a plan to free her grandma from the nursing home so life can return to normal.
Can she find a way for her and her grandma to be together, or is the wonderful life they shared gone forever?
A Million Ways Home is the compelling first book in the contemporary middle grade Poppy Parker series. If you enjoy emotionally gripping stories with relatable characters and satisfying endings, then you'll love Dianna Dorisi Winget's riveting read.
Buy A Million Ways Home for a powerful reminder of the importance of family today