Pub Date: February 1, 2022
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2021021314
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 10
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 8.00" L x 6.10" W ( 0.60 lbs) 208 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries and Detective Stories | Family | Multigenerational | Humorous Stories | New Baby | Animals | Baby Animals | Books and Libraries | Pets | Girls and Women | Boys and Men | Parents | Social Themes | New Experience
Description: Harriet Wermer is unhappy about having to spend her summer with her grandmother on Marble island until she discovers a mystery involving her Dad from when he was a boy living on the island.
Brief description:
Elana K. Arnold is the award-winning author of many books for children and teens, including the Sydney Taylor and National Jewish Book Award winner The Blood Years, the Printz Honor winner Damsel, the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of, and the Global Read Aloud selection A Boy Called Bat. She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. You can find her online at elanakarnold.com.
Review Quotes:
Praise for THE HOUSE THAT WASN'T THERE: "Told through alternating perspectives that offer clearly rendered details, this compassionate novel gives a unique twist to familiar situations--feeling lonely, adjusting to new environments, forging new bonds--while inviting readers to open their imaginations to all sorts of wonderful possibilities."
Praise for THE HOUSE THAT WASN'T THERE: ""The author enriches her sparely told story with hints of magic, song lyrics, good choices that key sudden sea changes in several relationships, and the small background details that make settings and backstories seem real. A low-key marvel rich in surprises, small fuzzy creatures, and friendships old and new." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Will undoubtedly draw comparisons to the titular character in Beverly Cleary's Ramona series. An engaging series opener about the power of truth to moor and free even the sulkiest of souls." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"With its short chapters, lively occasional illustrations by Ho (Eyes That Kiss in the Corners), and energetic feuds between Harriet's cat and her grandmother's beloved basset hound, this series opener is a winner." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A gentle, slow-moving summer adventure that's big on character growth." - School Library Journal
"The versatile Elana K. Arnold, author of the "A Boy Called Bat" trilogy, offers a memorable portrait of a child navigating changes in her life in this charming illustrated mystery." - Buffalo News