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From the acclaimed author of Tune It Out and Roll
with It comes a “needed, hopeful” (Booklist) middle grade
book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over
the course of one life-changing summer. Twelve-year-old June
Delancey is kicking summer off with a bang. She shaves her head and
sets two goals: she will beat her anxiety and be the lion she knows
she can be, instead of the mouse everyone sees. And she and her
single mama will own their power as fierce, independent
females. With the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-citing soccer
star who believes in June even when she doesn’t believe in
herself, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to
make her dreams come true. But when her anxiety becomes too much,
everything begins to fall apart. It’s going to take more than a
haircut and some flowers to set things right. It’s going to take
courage and friends and watermelon pie. Forget second chances. This
is the summer of new beginnings.
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Deep Water
Jamie Sumner
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R490
R375
Discovery Miles 3 750
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"Readers will feel every wave of Tully's emotions as she risks
everything to try to get her mom's attention. A powerful novel in
verse." --Lisa Fipps, author of Printz Honor book Starfish An
impactful, gripping middle grade novel in verse from acclaimed
author Jamie Sumner that spans one girl's marathon swim over twelve
miles and six hours, calling her mom back home with every stroke.
Six hours. One marathon swim. That's all Tully Birch needs to get
her life straightened out. With the help of her best friend, Arch,
Tully braves the waters of Lake Tahoe to break the record for the
youngest person ever to complete the famous "Godfather swim." She
wants to achieve something no one in the world has done, because if
she does, maybe, just maybe, her mom will come back. The swim
starts off well--heart steady, body loose, Arch in charge of snacks
as needed. But for Tully, all that time alone with her thoughts
allows memories to surface. And in the silence of deep waters,
sadness can sink you. When the swim turns dangerous, Tully fights
for her survival. Does she keep going and risk her own safety and
Arch's? Or does she quit to save them both, even if it means giving
up hope that her mother will return?
From the author of the acclaimed Roll with It comes a moving novel
about a girl with a sensory processing disorder who has to find her
own voice after her whole world turns upside down. Lou Montgomery
has the voice of an angel, or so her mother tells her and anyone
else who will listen. But Lou can only hear the fear in her own
voice. She's never liked crowds or loud noises or even high fives;
in fact, she's terrified of them, which makes her pretty sure
there's something wrong with her. When Lou crashes their pickup on
a dark and snowy road, child services separate the mother-daughter
duo. Now she has to start all over again at a fancy private school
far away from anything she's ever known. With help from an outgoing
new friend, her aunt and uncle, and the school counselor, she
begins to see things differently. A sensory processing disorder
isn't something to be ashamed of, and music might just be the thing
that saves Lou-and maybe her mom, too.
From the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a
funny, moving, and "not to be missed" (Kirkus Reviews, starred
review) middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent
for decoding people's trash to try to fit in at his new school.
Hugo is not happy about being dragged halfway across the state of
Colorado just because his dad had a midlife crisis and decided to
become a ski instructor. It'd be different if Hugo weren't so tiny,
if girls didn't think he was adorable like a puppy in a purse and
guys didn't call him "leprechaun" and rub his head for luck. But
here he is, the tiny new kid on his first day of middle school.
When his fellow students discover his remarkable talent for
garbology, the science of studying trash to tell you anything you
could ever want to know about a person, Hugo becomes the cool kid
for the first time in his life. But what happens when it all goes
to his head?
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Time to Roll (Reprint)
Jamie Sumner
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R225
R180
Discovery Miles 1 800
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In the eagerly anticipated sequel to Jamie Sumner’s acclaimed and
beloved middle grade novel Roll with It, Ellie finds her own way to
shine. Ellie is so not the pageant type. They’re Coralee’s
thing, and Ellie is happy to let her talented friend shine in the
spotlight. But what’s she supposed to do when Coralee asks her to
enter a beauty pageant, and their other best friend, Bert,
volunteers to be their manager? Then again, how else is she going
to get through this summer with her dad, who barely knows her,
while her mom is off on her honeymoon with Ellie’s amazing gym
teacher? Ellie decides she has nothing to lose. There’s only one
problem: the director of the pageant seems determined to put Ellie
and her wheelchair front and center. So it’s up to Ellie to
figure out a way to do it on her own terms and make sure her
friendships don’t fall apart along the way. Through it all, from
thrift store deep dives to disastrous dance routines, she begins to
form her own definition of beauty and what it means to really be
seen.
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Maid for It
Jamie Sumner
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R495
R413
Discovery Miles 4 130
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From the acclaimed author of Roll with It comes a relatable and
deeply moving middle grade novel about a girl who, in a desperate
bid to keep her family afloat, takes over her mom's cleaning jobs
after an injury prevents her from working. Now that Franny and her
newly sober mom have moved to a cozy apartment above a laundromat,
Franny's looking forward to a life where her biggest excitement is
getting top grades in math class. But when Franny's mom gets
injured in a car accident, their fragile life begins to crumble.
There's no way her mom can keep her job cleaning houses, which
means she can't pay the bills. Franny can't forget what happened
the last time her mom was hurt: the pills that were supposed to
help became an addiction, until rehab brought them to Mimi's
laundromat and the support group she hosts. Franny will not let
addiction win again, even if she has to blackmail a school rival to
help her clean houses. She'll make the money and keep her mom
sober--there's no other choice. But what happens if this is one
problem she can't solve on her own?
"A big-hearted story that's as sweet as it is awesome." -R.J.
Palacio, author of Wonder "An honest, emotionally rich take on
disability, family, and growing up." -Kirkus Reviews (starred
review) In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this
big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressible
girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when
she moves to a new town. Ellie's a girl who tells it like it is.
That surprises some people, who see a kid in a wheelchair and think
she's going to be all sunshine and cuddles. The thing is, Ellie has
big dreams: She might be eating Stouffer's for dinner, but one day
she's going to be a professional baker. If she's not writing fan
letters to her favorite celebrity chefs, she's practicing recipes
on her well-meaning, if overworked, mother. But when Ellie and her
mom move so they can help take care of her ailing grandpa, Ellie
has to start all over again in a new town at a new school. Except
she's not just the new kid-she's the new kid in the wheelchair who
lives in the trailer park on the wrong side of town. It all feels
like one challenge too many, until Ellie starts to make her
first-ever friends. Now she just has to convince her mom that this
town might just be the best thing that ever happened to them!
In the eagerly anticipated sequel to Jamie Sumner’s acclaimed and
beloved middle grade novel Roll with It, Ellie finds her own way to
shine. Ellie is so not the pageant type. They’re Coralee’s
thing, and Ellie is happy to let her talented friend shine in the
spotlight. But what’s she supposed to do when Coralee asks her to
enter a beauty pageant, and their other best friend, Bert,
volunteers to be their manager? Then again, how else is she going
to get through this summer with her dad, who barely knows her,
while her mom is off on her honeymoon with Ellie’s amazing gym
teacher? Ellie decides she has nothing to lose. There’s only one
problem: the director of the pageant seems determined to put Ellie
and her wheelchair front and center. So it’s up to Ellie to
figure out a way to do it on her own terms and make sure her
friendships don’t fall apart along the way. Through it all, from
thrift store deep dives to disastrous dance routines, she begins to
form her own definition of beauty and what it means to really be
seen.
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Roll with It
Jamie Sumner
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R544
R459
Discovery Miles 4 590
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In UNBOUND, JAMIE SUMNER helps women who are struggling with the pressures of motherhood find comfort, hope and companionship by detailing her own difficult journey and highlighting women of the Bible who triumphed in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
Women, especially Christian women, do not talk enough about the reality of motherhood: the enormous struggles it takes to get there, the loneliness of it, the unspoken or unmet expectations. We are often too afraid, ashamed, or unwilling to share our stories of disillusionment or pain. We quietly absorb the posts of sonograms and happily messy houses on Facebook as we inwardly wonder what's the matter with us. We listen to friends coo about their child's latest success as we watch our own terrorize their sibling or scream for an hour. We struggle to raise kids with special needs, physical disabilities, and social challenges, caught by surprise that this is what motherhood looks like.
With honesty and vulnerability, JAMIE SUMNER walks readers through each chapter of her own journey to motherhood through infertility and special needs parenting and pairs it with that of a woman in the Bible so that readers can find comfort, hope, companionship and honesty rooted in biblical truths.
The book is broken into four parts: The Wanting, The Waiting, The Getting and The Appreciating. UNBOUND will share the heartbreak of infertility and offer encouragement from someone who has had to wait for the fulfillment of motherhood; detail the specifics of infertility treatments, miscarriage, and raising special needs children through a Christian lens; honestly discuss the expectations versus the reality of being a mother; and highlight specific biblical women in each chapter who did not fit the expectations of their times through verses, scriptural anecdotes and guiding questions.
UNBOUND shows you through Scripture how to be thankful for each step wherever it leads. Happiness is found as we release into His hands our own well-laid plans for His better, and more beautiful one, no matter how different it may look from what we first imagined.
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