OLDER FICTION
Fusco, Kimberly Newton

Tending to Grace

(4) YA When her mother takes off with a new boyfriend, ninth-grader Cornelia is left with a great-aunt she has never met. Corney teaches prickly old Agatha to read, while Agatha helps Corney overcome her self-consciousness about stuttering. The plot may be familiar, but the sympathetic young narrator and uplifting story will draw readers.

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