Kyle's Island - Softcover
For as far back as Kyle can remember, he spent summers at Gram's cottage on the lake--fishing all day, and hanging out with the whole family. But this year is different. His father has moved out, his grandmother has died, and his mother is selling the cottage because they can't afford the upkeep. Sally Derby takes readers to a small lake in 1970s Michigan, where thirteen-year-old Kyle comes to understand that loss isn't forever, and that people are more complicated than they seem.
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..".Derby creates a realistic rendition of family life, with a smattering of adventure, in this tender coming-of-age story."
--Publishers Weekly "Debut novelist Derby writes a quiet, solid, and benevolently old-fashioned story..."
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "A poignant coming-of-age story..."
--Kirkus Reviews
About the Author:
--Publishers Weekly "Debut novelist Derby writes a quiet, solid, and benevolently old-fashioned story..."
--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "A poignant coming-of-age story..."
--Kirkus Reviews
Sally Derby was born and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She had a very ordinary life until she learned to read and write. After that, whenever she wasn't in school, she was either reading or writing herself into exciting and wonderful places. She lived with her parents, her younger sister Cecelia, and the fabulous characters from books and her imagination until she went to college in Oxford, Ohio. When she finished college she married Karl Miller and moved a whole forty miles to Cincinnati, Ohio. Soon she became a mother. Son after son was born or came to live with her until she and her husband were the proud parents of eight sons and one daughter. She has written several books for children including No Mush Today (Lee & Low Books), Whoosh Went the Wind (Marshall Cavendish), and Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas (Henry Holt), a Smithsonian Notable Book. Sally lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit her website at www.sallyderby.com.
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- PublisherCharlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1580893171
- ISBN 13 9781580893176
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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