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330 pp.
| Scholastic |
March, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-545-23499-3$16.99
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4-6
When her mother dies, eighth-grader Corinna teems with sadness and overpowering emotion: worry for her father, anger at the doctors, resentment toward those who offer guidance, and frustration with her friends' self-absorbed indifference. Geithner sensitively probes the pitfalls and small triumphs of grief as an unexpected discovery allows Corinna both to better know her mother and also to continue to live.