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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group

ISBN-100698118928

ISBN-139780698118928

eBay Product ID (ePID)1785871

Product Key Features

Book TitleGetting Near to Baby

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicSocial Themes / Death & Dying, Social Themes / Depression & Mental Illness, Family / Siblings, General, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorAudrey Couloumbis

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.4 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromFifth Grade

Grade ToEighth Grade

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

SynopsisA Southern charmer for fans of Newbery Honor book Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage Audrey Couloumbis's masterful debut novel brings to mind Karen Hesse, Katherine Paterson, and Betsy Byars's The Summer of the Swans--it is a story you will never forget. Willa Jo and Little Sister are up on the roof at Aunt Patty's house. Willa Jo went up to watch the sunrise, and Little Sister followed, like she always does. But by mid-morning, they are still up on that roof, and soon it's clear it wasn't just the sunrise that brought them there. The trouble is, coming down would mean they'd have to explain, and they just can't find the words. This is a funny, sometimes heartbreaking, story about sisters, about grief, and about healing. Two girls must come to terms with the death of their baby sister, their mother's unshakable depression, and the ridiculously controlling aunt who takes them in and means well but just doesn't understand children. Willa Jo has to try and make things right in their new home, but she and Aunt Patty keep butting heads. Until the morning the two girls climb up to the roof of her house. Aunt Patty tries everything she can think of to get them down, but in the end, the solution is miraculously simple. A Newbery Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

LC Classification NumberPZ7.C8305