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Picking up the pieces
By Calvert, Patricia
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68419-558-2
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1993.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1993
Gr 7-9 Confined to a wheelchair, Megan Murphy reluctantly joins her family on their annual lakeside vacation. Her recent spinal-cord injury, the result of a motorcycle accident, precludes the fun and adventures of previous summers. Yet as the story unfolds, she finds the vacation not only bearable but also therapeutic. She befriends Harris, a lonely boy, and his grandmother, Julie, an actress obsessed with retaining her youth. Meg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
