Awards

• "Winner of Kid's Indie Next List ""Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"" 2009"
• Nominated for California Young Reader Medal 2014
• Nominated for Indiana Young Hoosier Master List.
• Short-listed for California Young Reader Medal 2014
• Short-listed for Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award 2012
• Short-listed for Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Grades 3-5) 2013

Overview

When push comes to shove, two Kentucky girls find strength in each other. Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs, two girls from different parts of Kentucky, are participating in the first seventh-grade student exchange program between their schools. The girls will stay at each other's homes, attend school together, and record their experience in their journals. Catherine and her family have a beautiful home with plenty of space. Since Ivy June's house is crowded, she lives with her grandparents. Her Pappaw works in the coal mines supporting four generations of kinfolk. Ivy June can't wait until he leaves that mine forever and retires. As the girls get closer, they discover they're more alike than different, especially when they face the terror of not knowing what's happening to those they love most.

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Reviews

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009: Naylor's deft storytelling effortlessly transports readers to her Kentucky settings and into two unexpectedly similar lives. From the Hardcover edition.

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009: Naylor's deft storytelling effortlessly transports readers to her Kentucky settings-and into two unexpectedly similar lives.

<b>Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009: Naylor's deft storytelling effortlessly transports readers to her Kentucky settings--and into two unexpectedly similar lives. <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009: Naylor's deft storytelling effortlessly transports readers to her Kentucky settings--and into two unexpectedly similar lives. From the Hardcover edition. Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009: Naylor's deft storytelling effortlessly transports readers to her Kentucky settings and into two unexpectedly similar lives. From the Hardcover edition.

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009: Naylor's deft storytelling effortlessly transports readers to her Kentucky settings--and into two unexpectedly similar lives. From the Hardcover edition.

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 15, 2009: <br> Naylor's deft storytelling effortlessly transports readers to her Kentucky settings--and into two unexpectedly similar lives. <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.

Author Information

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is the author of more than 100 books. She lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland. From the Hardcover edition.

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