The Summer of the Swans

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The Summer of the Swans

1971 Newbery Medal Winner

It's hard to be 14 this summer. Sara is struggling with herself and with her little brother, Charlie. It's easy for people to pick on Charlie, and Sara will always defend and protect him, but it's hard for Sara this summer, because she wants to know who she is beyond the world of being Charlie's sister. And then suddenly, Charlie's gone.... This novel is the 1971 winner of the Newbery Medal.

129 pages 978-0140314205 Ages 9-13

Keywords: teens, summer, sister and brother, swans, moods, identity, coming of age, classic, Newbery Medal, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, 13 year old

Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com

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All summer Sara Godfrey has fretted over herself, her impossible body, her terrible new haircut. One moment she's elated, the next, she's in tears. And she can't figure out why. Maybe her wildly changing moods are tied to the sudden and unaccountable appearance of the swans, which hold the rapt attention of Charlie, Sara's mentally handicapped brother, who she loves far more than herself these days.

In fact, it will be the sudden disappearance of Charlie that will compel Sara to abandon her own small, annoying miseries, and lose herself in searching for him. In her anguish, Sara turns to Joe Melby, whom she has long despised, and together they search through the dense woods and rough fields to find him. Sara knows that she will never be the same again.---from the publisher

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