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Kevin Henkes is an award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors--one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller--and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Spencer thought the house might be haunted.Mitch knew it wasn't. And he knew why.The whole time Spencer and Mitch hung out together at Bird Lake that summer, there were secrets keeping them apart.And maybe a secret knowledge keeping them together, tootogether like members of the same tribe. Like friends. The whole time Spencer and Mitch hang out together at Bird Lake, there are secrets keeping them apart--and maybe a secret knowledge keeping them together. This latest novel by Newbery Honor author Henkes tells a story about that pivotal growing-up moment when one stops telling everything and starts holding some things in. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780061470769
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Told in alternating voices, this smart and engaging middle grade novel from the beloved Kevin Henkes is the story of two boys coming together in friendship as they struggle with family conflicts and tragedy.There are ghosts at Bird Lake, and they're haunting Mitch and Spencer. Not the Halloween kind, but ghosts of the past. Memories of how life was beforebefore the divorce, before the accident. Can their ghosts bring Mitch and Spencer together, as friends Or will their secrets keep them apartMitch feels isolated at his grandparents house and cant help hating his father, who walked out on him and his mom two and a half weeks earlier. Spencers family has decided its finally time to return to Bird Lake, years after his brother, Matty, drowned there. Both boys arrive at the lake scarred and fragile, but as they become friends, the sharp edges of their lives smooth out and, slowly, they are able to start healing.Superbly crafted. A must have for every library. School Library Journal (starred review)In a novel as tender as his acclaimed Olives Ocean, Henkes probes the psyches of two boys facing family conflicts.Publishers Weekly (starred review) The whole time Spencer and Mitch hang out together at Bird Lake, there are secrets keeping them apart--and maybe a secret knowledge keeping them together. This latest novel by Newbery Honor author Henkes tells a story about that pivotal growing-up moment when one stops telling everything and starts holding some things in. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780061470769