Tending to Grace
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Book Description
Lenore is Cornelia's mother-and Cornelia's fix-up project. What does it matter that Cornelia won't talk to anyone and is always stuck in the easiest English class at school, even though she's read more books than anyone else? She feels strong in the fixing. She cooks vegetable soup so Lenore will eat something other than Ring Dings; she lures her out of bed with strong coffee and waffles. She look... More
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Publisher | |
Binding | Library Binding (11 editions) |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 175 |
ISBN-10 | 1435267672 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1435267671 |
Publication Date | 05/09/2008 |
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7/19/2011 J.Aday Kennedy said:
tags: Schneider Family Book Award, fic award winner/nominee, contemporary fiction, book lover, emotional problems, mothers and daughters, outcasts, readers, realistic, stuttering, realistic fiction, teen, ya, young adult
C-C-C-C-Cornelia Thornhill stutters uncontrollably and is a neglected child that has been forced to take on the role of an adult. She keeps things straight. Her mother is completely irresponsible.
Her mother runs off to Las Vegas with a loser boyfriend after she dumps Cornelia with Aunt Agatha, ... more
tags: Schneider Family Book Award, fic award winner/nominee, contemporary fiction, book lover, emotional problems, mothers and daughters, outcasts, readers, realistic, stuttering, realistic fiction, teen, ya, young adult
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