Growing Up Ivy
Autor Peggy Dymond Leaveyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2010 – vârsta de la 12 până la 15 ani
Living in grim Depression-era Toronto with her actress mother, Frannie, Ivy Chalmers has never met her father. In 1931, Frannie sends twelve-year-old Ivy to stay with her paternal grandmother in Larkin, Ontario, while she seeks stardom in New York City. When Ivy's father, Alva, arrives unexpectedly in Larkin, he turns out not to be the Prince Charming she imagined, but an illiterate peddler. Rescuing Ivy from her uncompromising grandmother, Alva takes her with him for the summer, wandering the countryside by horse-drawn caravan, selling shoes.
Back in Larkin at summer's end, Ivy meets teenager Charlie Bayliss, orphaned as an infant and raised by his aunt on a farm outside town. Ivy has a flair for writing and boundless imagination, while Charlie loves baseball and loathes farming. Unknown to both of them, though, is a secret connection they share. When the final pieces of the puzzle of their lives fall into place, nothing will ever be the same.
Back in Larkin at summer's end, Ivy meets teenager Charlie Bayliss, orphaned as an infant and raised by his aunt on a farm outside town. Ivy has a flair for writing and boundless imagination, while Charlie loves baseball and loathes farming. Unknown to both of them, though, is a secret connection they share. When the final pieces of the puzzle of their lives fall into place, nothing will ever be the same.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781554887231
ISBN-10: 1554887232
Pagini: 250
Dimensiuni: 132 x 180 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Dundurn Group (CA)
ISBN-10: 1554887232
Pagini: 250
Dimensiuni: 132 x 180 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Dundurn Group (CA)
Recenzii
"Peggy Dymond Leavey has mastered the art of "showing" rather than "telling. In the early part of Growing Up Ivy, actions speak louder than words, giving readers a subtle yet clear picture of Ivy Chalmers's life with her mother, Frannie, in Depression-era Toronto."
"Ivy is a convincing character, strong though damaged, and depicted without sentimentality. The Depression-era setting is similarly convincing, crisp in its particulars. Ivy eventually connects with her father, and they spend the summer on the road together in a caravan, peddling shoes. The cumulative portrait of rural Ontario that emerges from this doomed enterprise feels like the real deal."
Notă biografică
Peggy Dymond Leavey's previous books include Sky Lake Summer, The Deep End Gang, and The Path Through the Trees, all of which have been nominated for the Silver Birch Award. She has also been shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. Peggy lives in Trenton, Ontario.
Descriere
Ivy Chalmers has never met her father, until she is sent to live with her paternal grandmother and Ivys father, Alva, arrives unexpectedly. Alva takes Ivy with him for the summer, wandering the countryside by horse-drawn caravan. In the course of their travels, Ivy meets teenager Charlie Bayliss, with whom she shares a secret connection.