Swing Sideways

Zusatztext "This will please country girls at heart! those needing to be brave! and those wanting a good summer story of friendship and growth." Informationen zum Autor Nanci Turner Steveson grew up in Connecticut, England, and Texas, always with a book in one hand, the reins of a pony in the other. She wrote her first “novel” at the age of nine about a wild horse named Liberty. Nanci works with the Off Square Theatre Company as a stage manager and youth-performer shepherd. She is a reading fairy to book-hungry children and a riding instructor. The mother of two grown sons, Nanci lives in a meadow at the foot of the Grand Tetons in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with her Arabian horse and a 100-pound rescue dog named Story. She is the founder of the Literacy for Hope project, dedicated to getting books into the hands of the homeless. Visit her online at www.nanciturnersteveson.com. Klappentext Perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Walk Two Moons, this debut middle grade novel is the story of two girls and the unforgettable summer in which they learn about true friendship and loss. Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in the country. Freedom from a difficult school year, freedom from her fake "friends” back in the city, and, most of all, freedom from her mom's life-governing spreadsheets and rigid schedules. When Annie meets California, who is visiting her grandfather's farm, it seems she has found the perfect partner for the summer she's always craved. Especially when California offers Annie a real-life adventure: if she and Annie can find the ponies her mom rode as a girl, surely it will remind her mom how wonderful the farm is—and fix what's broken between her mom and her grandfather. But Annie's summer of freedom is sprinkled with secrets, and everything she has learned about bravery and love will be put to the test when the truth behind the ultimate secret changes her life forever. Zusammenfassung Perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Walk Two Moons ! this debut middle grade novel is the story of two girls and the unforgettable summer in which they learn about true friendship and loss.                                               Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in the country. Freedom from a difficult school year! freedom from her fake “friends” back in the city! and! most of all! freedom from her mom’s life-governing spreadsheets and rigid schedules. When Annie meets California! who is visiting her grandfather’s farm! it seems she has found the perfect partner for the summer she’s always craved. Especially when California offers Annie a real-life adventure: if she and Annie can find the ponies her mom rode as a girl! surely it will remind her mom how wonderful the farm is—and fix what’s broken between her mom and her grandfather. But Annie’s summer of freedom is sprinkled with secrets! and everything she has learned about bravery and love will be put to the test when the truth behind the ultimate secret changes her life forever. ...

Product details

• Authors: Nanci Turner Steveson
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.05.2016
• Subject: Children's and young people's books
• EAN: 9780062374547
• ISBN: 978-0-06-237454-7
• Pages: 288
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Dimensions (packing): 14 x 21 x 2.5 cm
• Subjects: Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Chapter Books, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / New Experience, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Violence, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / New Baby, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Baby Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Marriage & Divorce, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Horses, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and behaviours, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ponies, horses and related animals, Children’s / Teenage: Chapter books (transitional storybooks), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Adoption / fostering, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Personal safety