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Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn

Reaching for Sun

181 pp. | Bloomsbury | March, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59990-037-7 $14.95
(2) 4-6 Garden imagery wends its way through this eloquent free-verse novel about a seventh-grade girl with cerebral palsy. No one at Josie's school bothers to see beyond her disability until science nerd Jordan moves into her neighborhood. While the portrayal of friendship between misfits is nothing new, Zimmer infuses Josie's story with distinctive auxiliary characters, such as Josie's resilient grandmother.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2007

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