Swing Sideways

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This is a summer neither Annabel nor readers will ever forget. School Library Journal

Perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Walk Two Moons, this debut middle grade novel is the story of two girls and the unforgettable summer in which they learn about true friendship and loss.

Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in the country. Freedom from a difficult school year, freedom from her fake friends back in the city, and, most of all, freedom from her moms life-governing spreadsheets and rigid schedules. When Annie meets California, who is visiting her grandfathers farm, it seems she has found the perfect partner for the summer shes always craved. Especially when California offers Annie a real-life adventure: if she and Annie can find the ponies her mom rode as a girl, surely it will remind her mom how wonderful the farm isand fix whats broken between her mom and her grandfather.

But Annies summer of freedom is sprinkled with secrets, and everything she has learned about bravery and love will be put to the test when the truth behind the ultimate secret changes her life forever.

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"This is a summer neither Annabel nor readers will ever forget." -- School Library Journal "This powerful tale of friendship and hope, made especially poignant by each girl's struggle to repair family relationships, will capture hearts. Add an injured dog...woods made for adventures, and heartbreak that never becomes mawkish, and you have a story about so much more than summer fun." -- Booklist "This will please country girls at heart, those needing to be brave, and those wanting a good summer story of friendship and growth." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Author Bio

Nanci Turner Steveson grew up in Connecticut, England, and Texas, always with a book in one hand, the reins of a pony in the other. She works as a riding instructor and as a stage manager with the Off Square Theatre Company. She is also the founder of The Literacy for Hope Project, dedicated to getting books into the hands of the homeless. Nanci lives in Jackson Hole, WY, with her Arabian horse and rescue dog. SWING SIDEWAYS was her first book. This is her third.