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Gr 5-7 After finally finishing his painful cancer treatment, Toby Steiner, 11, is spending the summer in a rented cabin with his overprotective mother and weekender dad. Determined not to go back into therapy, he hides from his parents the lump he's discovered on his side. Exploring the countryside on an old bike, he encounters a skinny old cow and its owner, an almost-blind woman whose motto, -Whoever steals my freedom takes my life, - represents her own defiance over attempts to usurp her indepe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Eleven-year-old Toby has been "bouncing in and out of Children's [Hospital] like a yo-yo" for years, and spending a summer in the country, in remission, seems ideal. The morning he sneaks a ride on a rickety old bike, it becomes even more so—he meets a cow named Blossom and her owner, Pearl Rhodes Richardson, a cranky, interesting, half-blind poet. Equally vulnerable, Toby and Pearl fall into the abrupt and perfect friendship of young and old. She needs ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More