The Saver

Seventeen-year-old Fern is having a hard time: she finds school difficult, lives in a run-down apartment in a dangerous neighborhood, and watches her mother struggle to survive on a housekeeper's meager salary. But through it all, Fern's mother refuses to give in and makes sure that Fern knows she is loved. And Fern does have outlets: she writes to an imaginary friend named Xanoth, pets her beloved cat Beauty, and imagines living a different life. But when Fern's mother dies suddenly of a heart attack, Fern finds herself struggling to survive in an entirely new way. This young-adult novel tells a stirring tale of perseverance, love, and hope.

Summary

Seventeen-year-old Fern is having a hard time: she finds school difficult, lives in a run-down apartment in a dangerous neighborhood, and watches her mother struggle to survive on a housekeeper’s meager salary. But through it all, Fern’s mother refuses to give in and makes sure that Fern knows she is loved. And Fern does have outlets: she writes to an imaginary friend named Xanoth, pets her beloved cat Beauty, and imagines living a different life. But when Fern’s mother dies suddenly of a heart attack, Fern finds herself struggling to survive in an entirely new way. This young-adult novel tells a stirring tale of perseverance, love, and hope.

Product details

• Authors: Edeet Ravel, Ravel Edeet
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2008
• EAN: 9780888998828
• ISBN: 978-0-88899-882-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 283 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Homelessness & Poverty, Interest age: from c 14 years, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Poverty & Homelessness