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Finding Grace

door Becky Citra

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Ten-year-old Hope is a bit of a loner with a wonderful imagination. Growing up in the 1950s with a single mother and a mysteriously absent father, the letters she writes to her imaginary friend, Grace, help her cope with the difficult times in her life: her mother's depression, their money worries, struggles to make friends at school and her grandmother's death. On her eleventh birthday, Hope is shocked to learn that Grace is a real person--her twin sister, who contracted polio and was adopted when they were toddlers. Hope believes that finding Grace is the only way she can help her mother deal with her guilt. Hope's hunt for her sister takes her and her mother to the tiny community of Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia. There she finally meets Grace, who is all the things Hope wishes she could be. They become friends, but Hope doesn't know how to tell Grace the truth. How can she have a relationship with her sister based on lies and secrets? A crisis will force her mother to be the adult she needs to be and allow Hope and Grace the chance to be children together.… (meer)

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This story takes place in Vancouver and Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia in 1954. Hope Rose King and her mother Flora have moved again, into the same apartment building as her Granny. Hopt starts at a new school and has no friends, due to being a little prickly, she has difficulty making any. Hope has one friend, imaginary Grace. She constantly writes letters to this friend pouring out her thoughts and feelings. She is supposed to be doing a class assignment about her family history but knows very little about her family history. She does not know who her father is, it is just her, her mother and her granny. Her Mother just lost her job and they are forced to move once again, this time in with her Granny in her crowded apartment. Her mother has a mysterious "illness" that comes and goes and causes her to be depressed. When her Granny has a stroke and dies shortly after they move in Hope feels as if it is somehow their fault. After Granny dies, Hope finds out that Grace may not be imaginary after all.

Discovering who Grace is will turn into a life changing trip for eleven year old Hope and her Mother. A great story about friendship and family relationships.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Chocolate Lily Reader's Choice Awards (Genomineerde – Novel (Grades 4 – 7) – 2016)

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Ten-year-old Hope is a bit of a loner with a wonderful imagination. Growing up in the 1950s with a single mother and a mysteriously absent father, the letters she writes to her imaginary friend, Grace, help her cope with the difficult times in her life: her mother's depression, their money worries, struggles to make friends at school and her grandmother's death. On her eleventh birthday, Hope is shocked to learn that Grace is a real person--her twin sister, who contracted polio and was adopted when they were toddlers. Hope believes that finding Grace is the only way she can help her mother deal with her guilt. Hope's hunt for her sister takes her and her mother to the tiny community of Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia. There she finally meets Grace, who is all the things Hope wishes she could be. They become friends, but Hope doesn't know how to tell Grace the truth. How can she have a relationship with her sister based on lies and secrets? A crisis will force her mother to be the adult she needs to be and allow Hope and Grace the chance to be children together.

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