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Holding Up the Earth

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It has been eight years since Hope's mom died in a car accident. Eight years of shuffling from foster home to foster home. Eight years of trying to hold on to the memories that tether her to her mother. Now Sarah, Hope's newest foster mom, has taken her from Minneapolis to spend the summer on the Nebraska farm where Sarah grew up. Hope is set adrift, anchored only by her ever-present and memory-heavy backpack. Accustomed to the clamor of city life, Hope is at first unsettled by the silence that descends over the farm each night. But listening deeply, she begins to hear the quiet: the crickets' chirp, the windsong, the steady in and out of her own breath. Soon the silence is replaced by voices, like echoes sounding across time — the voices of girls who inhabited the old farmhouse before her. Reluctantly, Hope begins to stretch down roots in the earth and accept this new family as her own.


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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • Release date: March 16, 2012

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780547996165
  • Release date: March 16, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780547996165
  • File size: 538 KB
  • Release date: March 16, 2012

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Kindle Book
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English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.9
Lexile® Measure:880
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:4

It has been eight years since Hope's mom died in a car accident. Eight years of shuffling from foster home to foster home. Eight years of trying to hold on to the memories that tether her to her mother. Now Sarah, Hope's newest foster mom, has taken her from Minneapolis to spend the summer on the Nebraska farm where Sarah grew up. Hope is set adrift, anchored only by her ever-present and memory-heavy backpack. Accustomed to the clamor of city life, Hope is at first unsettled by the silence that descends over the farm each night. But listening deeply, she begins to hear the quiet: the crickets' chirp, the windsong, the steady in and out of her own breath. Soon the silence is replaced by voices, like echoes sounding across time — the voices of girls who inhabited the old farmhouse before her. Reluctantly, Hope begins to stretch down roots in the earth and accept this new family as her own.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    HarperCollins

    Kindle Book
    Release date: March 16, 2012

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780547996165
    Release date: March 16, 2012

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780547996165
    File size: 538 KB
    Release date: March 16, 2012

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 5.9
    Lexile® Measure: 880
    Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    Text Difficulty: 4
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