Published: 2009
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So. Here it is. My summer journal. As you can see, I got a little carried away.
The problem is this, though. I don't want you to read it. I really mean it. I just wanted you to know I did it. I didn't want you to think I was one of those kids who says, `Oh yeah, I did it, but I lost it/my dog ate it/my little brother dropped it in the toilet.'
But please, PLEEASE DON'T READ IT! How was I to know all this stuff was going to happen to me this summer?
Mary Lou has what she calls a normally-strange family. That is, until her cousin Carl comes to stay. She had plans to enjoy the summer hanging out with her first ever crush, but there's something so quiet and sad about Carl, and Mary Lou knows that no one else in her chaotic home will bother to find out why. So it looks like it's up to her - and what she discovers is far from normal and rocks the family to its heart.
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.
This book was published 2009 by Pan Macmillan .
Sharon Creech is an internationally acclaimed author who lives in upstate New York with her husband.
This book contains the following story:
Chasing Redbird
Zinny is the quiet child in her big family, and after the death of her Aunt Jessie (the Redbird of the title), she hardly speaks at all. When Zinny finds the start of a pioneer trail on the family farm, she begins a journey that leads her to unravel the dark secrets of her aunt's life - and her own. And while Zinny chases ghosts in the woods, gorgeous Jake Boone is determined to chase her...
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This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Whitbread Book Award
This book was recognised by the Whitbread Book Award.
Children's Book Award
This book was recognised in the Long Novel category by the Children's Book Award.
