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Eighty-eight-year old Elva and Courtney, an attractive 16-year old with a severed spinal chord, lie in adjacent beds in a grim convalescent home. Ignored from the world, all they have left is their imagination. They go on a fantasy trip to Italy with Elva's dead husband and a 1910 travel book.
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"Written with astonishing simplicity. . . . The relationship between Courtney and Elva is real and poignant." -- "School Library Journal," Starred
"This provocative psychological drama portrays the mind as . . . capable of inspiring imagination and exposing difficult truths." -- "Booklist"
About the Author:
"This provocative psychological drama portrays the mind as . . . capable of inspiring imagination and exposing difficult truths." -- "Booklist"
Paul Fleischman won a Newbery Medal for "Joyful Noise" and a Newbery Honor for "Graven Images." His most recent novel, "Whirligig," was voted a Best Book of the Year by "Publisher's Weekly," "School Library Journal," and "Booklist," and a Notable Book by the "New York Times." Paul Fleischman lives in Monterey, California.
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- PublisherPerfection Learning Prebound
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0756905168
- ISBN 13 9780756905163
- BindingPaperback
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