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Zusatztext "Flor's growing...awareness of change and heightened understanding of those around her result in a unique protagonist who! like a fossil! creates an imprint that remains long after her story is finished." Informationen zum Autor Tricia Springstubb is the author of the acclaimed middle grade novels What Happened on Fox Street and Mo Wren , Lost and Found as well as the picture book Phoebe & Digger . The mother of three grown daughters, she lives with her husband and cats in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. You can visit her online at www.triciaspringstubb.com. Klappentext Moonpenny is a tiny island in a great lake. When the summer people leave and the ferries stop running, just the tried-and-true islanders are left behind. Flor and her best, her perfect friend, Sylvie, are the only eleven-year-olds for miles and miles—and Flor couldn't be happier. But come the end of summer, unthinkable things begin to happen. Sylvie is suddenly, mysteriously whisked away to school on the mainland. Flor's mother leaves to take care of Flor's sick grandmother and doesn't come back. Her big sister has a secret, and Flor fears it's a dangerous one. Meanwhile, a geologist and his peculiar daughter arrive to excavate prehistoric trilobites, one of the first creatures to develop sight. Soon Flor is helping them. As her own ability to see her life on this little lump of limestone evolves, she faces truths about those she loves—and about herself—she never imagined. Tricia Springstubb tells a warm and deeply affecting story about what it means to see, and why the biggest feat of all may be seeing through someone else's eyes. Zusammenfassung Readers of Kate DiCamillo and Sheila Turnage will love Moonpenny Island ! a middle grade novel of friendship and secrets by the beloved and acclaimed Tricia Springstubb. Moonpenny is a tiny island in a great lake. When the summer people leave and the ferries stop running! just the tried-and-true islanders are left behind. Flor and her best! her perfect friend! Sylvie! are the only eleven-year-olds for miles and miles—and Flor couldn’t be happier. But come the end of summer! unthinkable things begin to happen. Sylvie is suddenly! mysteriously! whisked away to school on the mainland. Flor’s mother leaves to take care of Flor’s sick grandmother and doesn’t come back. Her big sister has a secret! and Flor fears it’s a dangerous one. Meanwhile! a geologist and his peculiar daughter arrive to excavate prehistoric trilobites! one of the first creatures to develop sight. Soon Flor is helping them. As her own ability to see her life on this little lump of limestone evolves! she faces truths about those she loves—and about herself—she never imagined. ...
