Lorie Ann Grover, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-689-84419-5
In this hard-hitting debut novel, seventh-grade narrator Kay chronicles her grandmother's struggle against breast cancer in free-verse poems. The poetry tackles not only the tactile lumps and "wiggly, jiggly prostheses," but also the...
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Lorie Ann Grover, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-689-86525-1
Grover (Loose Threads
) brings an air of authenticity to this well-wrought free-verse novel about a girl's passion for ballet. Clare has studied for 10 grueling years; now she is spending the summer at her grandfather's, to be closer to her...
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Lorie Ann Grover, illus. by Rosalinda Kightley. Scholastic/Cartwheel, $7.99 (18p) ISBN 978-0-545-53091-0
Readers follow the adventures of a golden yellow lion cub from daybreak to nightfall. Grover narrates the cub’s journey in punchy couplets (“We run free./ So much to see./ Grasses sway./ I lead the way”) as he pounces after a brown bird (who doesn’t
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Lorie Ann Grover, illus. by Jo Parry. Zonderkidz, $8.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-310-75736-8
Grover effectively reduces the Nativity story to quippy rhyming phrases in this padded board book, whose cozy mood is bolstered by Parry’s soft, gauzy-looking digital artwork. “Carry Mary,” reads the opening spread as Joseph leads a donkey down a...
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Lorie Ann Grover, Author, Debra Ziss, Illustrator , illus. by Debra Ziss. Scholastic/Cartwheel $6.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-545-12823-0
This board book bids good night to sea creatures amid crisp, soothing images of stars, seaweed, bubbles and waves. “Night is dark, baby shark,” says a little, orange fish to the nonthreatening shark, adding, “Make no fuss, octopus,&
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