But after awakening from a vivid nightmare in which she was diagnosed with brain cancer, she was convinced the dream had been a warning. She was a dedicated student with tons of extracurricular activities, friends, and loving parents at home. Until sophomore year of high school, fifteen-year-old Allison Britz lived a comfortable life in an idyllic town. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionĪ brave teen recounts her debilitating struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder-and brings readers through every painful step as she finds her way to the other side-in this powerful and inspiring memoir. He only has a few small clues to work from, but as Sherlock Holmes said, “To a great mind, nothing is little.” The further Felix gets in his investigation, though, the more he starts to wonder: What if his dad doesn’t want to be found? And what if Felix’s family-his mom, his stepdad, the baby on the way-needs him right where he is? Tender and uplifting, this warm novel from Christopher Award–winner Carmella Van Vleet celebrates little differences in us that can make a big impact.
This one, tiny, itty-bitty piece of information opens up a massive hole in his life. And then Felix learns that his biological dad was short, too. To Felix, Growth Hormone Deficiency is no big deal. Plus his nickname, “Short-lock Holmes,” is perfect for someone who’s killing it in forensic science club. Eleven-year-old Felix likes being the smallest kid in school.
even for Felix, a tiny kid with a huge heart and an eye for detail. The case of a missing father is hard to crack. Throughout his life, Kandinsky experienced colors as sounds, and sounds as colors-and bold, groundbreaking works burst forth from his noisy paint box.īackmatter includes four paintings by Kandinsky, an author’s note, sources, links to websites on synesthesia and abstract art. In this exuberant celebration of creativity, Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPré tell the fascinating story of Vasily Kandinsky, one of the very first painters of abstract art. But was Vasya brave enough to put aside his proper still lifes and portraits and paint. And when his family sent him to art classes, they expected him to paint pretty houses and flowers-like a proper artist.īut as Vasya opened his paint box and began mixing the reds, the yellows, the blues, he heard a strange sound-the swirling colors trilled like an orchestra tuning up for a symphony! And as he grew older, he continued to hear brilliant colors singing and see vibrant sounds dancing. Vasya Kandinsky was a proper little boy: he studied math and history, he practiced the piano, he sat up straight and was perfectly polite.
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