Awards
- Commended for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2012
- Runner-up for Mark Twain Readers Award 2013
- Short-listed for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2016
- Winner of William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2014
Overview
When Wren Abbott and Darra Monson are eight years old, Darra's father steals a minivan. He doesn't know that Wren is hiding in the back. The hours and days that follow change the lives of both girls. Darra is left with a question that only Wren can answer. Wren has questions, too. Years later, in a chance encounter at camp, the girls face each other for the first time. They can finally learn the truth--that is, if they're willing to reveal to each other the stories that they've hidden for so long. Told from alternating viewpoints, this novel-in-poems reveals the complexities of memory and the strength of a friendship that can overcome pain.
Full Product Details
Author: Helen Frost
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 1.70cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 0.327kg
ISBN: 9780374382216
ISBN 10: 0374382212
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 10 May 2011
Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Many teen readers will identify with Wren and Darra and how events that happened to us when we were younger help shape the person we become. -- VOYA Beginning with a horrific story of an accidental kidnapping, this poetic novel is impossible to put down....A masterpiece! --Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore <p> Like Frost's Printz Honor Book, Keesha's House (2003), this novel in verse stands out through its deliberate use of form to illuminate emotions and cleverly hide secrets in the text. -- Booklist
Many teen readers will identify with Wren and Darra and how events that happened to us when we were younger help shape the person we become. -- VOYA Beginning with a horrific story of an accidental kidnapping, this poetic novel is impossible to put down....A masterpiece! --Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore Like Frost's Printz Honor Book, Keesha's House (2003), this novel in verse stands out through its deliberate use of form to illuminate emotions and cleverly hide secrets in the text. -- Booklist
Many teen readers will identify with Wren and Darra and how events that happened to us when we were younger help shape the person we become. VOYA Beginning with a horrific story of an accidental kidnapping, this poetic novel is impossible to put down....A masterpiece! Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore Like Frost's Printz Honor Book, Keesha's House (2003), this novel in verse stands out through its deliberate use of form to illuminate emotions and cleverly hide secrets in the text. Booklist
Many teen readers will identify with Wren and Darra and how events that happened to us when we were younger help shape the person we become. --VOYA Beginning with a horrific story of an accidental kidnapping, this poetic novel is impossible to put down....A masterpiece! --Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore Like Frost's Printz Honor Book, Keesha's House (2003), this novel in verse stands out through its deliberate use of form to illuminate emotions and cleverly hide secrets in the text. --Booklist Many teen readers will identify with Wren and Darra and how events that happened to us when we were younger help shape the person we become. VOYA Beginning with a horrific story of an accidental kidnapping, this poetic novel is impossible to put down....A masterpiece! Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore Like Frost's Printz Honor Book, Keesha's House (2003), this novel in verse stands out through its deliberate use of form to illuminate emotions and cleverly hide secrets in the text. Booklist Many teen readers will identify with Wren and Darra and how events that happened to us when we were younger help shape the person we become. -- VOYA Beginning with a horrific story of an accidental kidnapping, this poetic novel is impossible to put down....A masterpiece! --Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore Like Frost's Printz Honor Book, Keesha's House (2003), this novel in verse stands out through its deliberate use of form to illuminate emotions and cleverly hide secrets in the text. -- Booklist
Many teen readers will identify with Wren and Darra and how events that happened to us when we were younger help shape the person we become. --VOYA Beginning with a horrific story of an accidental kidnapping, this poetic novel is impossible to put down....A masterpiece! --Shirley Mullin, Kids Ink Children's Bookstore Like Frost's Printz Honor Book, Keesha's House (2003), this novel in verse stands out through its deliberate use of form to illuminate emotions and cleverly hide secrets in the text. --Booklist
Author Information
Helen Frost is the author of several books for young people, including Hidden, Diamond Willow, Salt, Crossing Stones, Room 214: A Year in Poems, and Keesha's House, which was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book.
