Lenny's Book of Everything

Zusatztext "Holy Batman, this is a gorgeous, heartbreaking, and heartwarming book" —R.J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of  Wonder "An imaginative and surprisingly tender story of the unbreakable bond between siblings."— Booklist,  starred review "Exceptional …precisely observed, engrossing and tender." — The Sunday Times (UK) "Themes of family and forgiveness are front and center, but the heart of this story—and the magic of it—is the devotion of these two siblings who together navigate the harsh realities of life and loss." — Publishers Weekly   "Lyrical and emotionally complex, this coming-of-age tale explores 'all the giant things and all the great things' about family and growing up." — Kirkus Reviews “Though I defy you to read it without tears,  Lenny’s Book of Everything  is warm, humorous, absolutely real, and above all, uplifting. It’s also the best book I’ve read this year.” —Wendy Orr, author of  Nim’s Island   “A beautiful read. I savored every word and loved every character . . . such a big heart and not a beat out of place.” —Melina Marchetta, author of Looking for Alibrandi and Saving Francesca Informationen zum Autor Karen Foxlee is the author of The Anatomy of Wings , The Midnight Dress , and the middle-grade novels A Most Magical Girl and Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy , which has received five starred reviews. She lives in Brisbane, Australia, with her daughter. Learn more about Karen and her books at KarenFoxlee.com and on Twitter at @KarenFoxlee. Klappentext "Holy Batman, this is a gorgeous, heartbreaking, heartwarming book." --R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder Perfect for readers who love Liar and Spy, Counting by 7s, and Bridge to Terabithia, a heartwarming and transformative novel about family, loss, and never giving up from beloved author Karen Foxlee. Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, suffers from a rare form of gigantism and is taunted by other kids and turned away from school because of his size. To escape their cruel reality, Lenny and Davey obsess over the entries in their monthly installment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set. Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin. But as Davey's disease progresses, the siblings' richly imagined world becomes harder to cling to in this deeply moving and original novel about grief, family, and wonder. Leseprobe 7 pounds 3 ounces • 20 inches • July 1969     Our mother had a dark heart feeling. It was as big as the sky kept inside a thimble. That’s how dark heart feelings are. They have great volume but can hide in small places. You can swallow them with a blink and carry them inside you so no one will know.   “Something’s not right,” she said when she brought baby Davey home from the hospital.   She rubbed her fingers over her chest and looked at him sleeping in the crook of her arm.   “I have a feeling,” she said.   She was good at knowing the wrongness of things, sadnesses and sicknesses, and in the park, she could always find the pigeon with one leg. She knew when Mrs. Gaspar was coming down with a wheeze before she wheezed. She knew my thin hair was caused by some undiagnosed malady. Some days were more wrong than others. Whole days. From the moment she opened her eyes, “Something’s not right,” she said.   “Does it hurt?” I asked her. I looked at my new baby brother and he was perfect as a walnut in its shell.   “No, it doesn’t hurt,” she said, and she took my three-year-old hand and put it to her heart. I could feel her ribs through her nightdress. “It’s not a hurting kind of feeling. Just a something-will-happen feeling.”   “A good thing or a bad thing?” I aske...

Product details

• Authors: Karen Foxlee
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• EAN: 9781524770143
• ISBN: 978-1-5247-7014-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 194 mm x 18 mm