Umbrella Summer - Hardcover

Graff, Lisa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061431877 ISBN 13: 9780061431876

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2009

Synopsis

Umbrella Summer From the author of the Bluebonnet Award nominee "The Thing About Georgie" comes a touching novel about a young girl whose brother has just died, and how she rises above grief through the healing power of community.

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Review:

Umbrella Summer is a radiant book. -- Kirby Larson, author of Newberry Honor book Hattie Big Sky

"With the same deftness she demonstrated in THE THING ABOUT GEORGIE, Graff immediately engages the reader."--Horn Book Magazine

"An appealing and moving choice for readers seeking a dose of feel-good reality fiction."--Kirkus Reviews

"Graff has created a lively, quirky individual who tells her story with frankness and humor."--School Library Journal

"Umbrella Summer is a radiant book."----Kirby Larson, author of Newberry Honor book Hattie Big Sky

Graff has created a lively, quirky individual who tells her story with frankness and humor. --School Library Journal"

With the same deftness she demonstrated in THE THING ABOUT GEORGIE, Graff immediately engages the reader. --Horn Book Magazine"

An appealing and moving choice for readers seeking a dose of feel-good reality fiction. --Kirkus Reviews"

Umbrella Summer is a radiant book. ----Kirby Larson, author of Newberry Honor book Hattie Big Sky"

About the Author:

Lisa Graff is the author of The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower and The Thing About Georgie, which was named to nine state reading lists. Lisa grew up in a small California town very much like the one in this novel and received an MFA in writing for children from the New School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061431877
• ISBN 13: 9780061431876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 235