
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Great Upending
About this book
When a troubled children's book author moves to their farm, two kids with troubles of their own hatch a scheme to swipe the ending of the final book in a bestselling series to get a reward from the book's publisher in this gorgeously written novel in the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind. Twelve-year-old Sara and her brother Hawk are told that they are not to bother the manâThe Misterâwho just moved into the silo apartment on their farm. It doesn't matter that they know nothing about him and they think they ought to know something. It doesn't matter that he's always riding that unicycle around. Mama told them no way, no how are they to bother The Mister unless they want to be in a mess of trouble.Trouble is the last thing Sara and her brother need. Sara's got a condition, you see. Marfan syndrome. And that Marfan syndrome is causing her heart to have problems, the kind of problems that require surgery. But the family already has problems: The drought has dried up their crops and their funds, which means they can't afford any more problems, let alone a surgery to fix those problems. Sara can feel the weight of her family's worry, and the weight of her time running out, but what can a pair of kids do?Well, it all starts withâŚbothering The Mister.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- 1. Full of Shine
- 2. Yellow Orange Red
- 3. Catch a Bird
- 4. After
- 5. Phooey
- 6. The Thing About Seeds
- 7. Pie
- 8. Ask Me
- 9. T in the Road
- 10. Spyglassing
- 11. Phooey, Again
- 12. If I Could
- 13. Red Flannel Hash
- 14. Shuffle in the Shadows
- 15. Victory Shelf
- 16. The Seed Museum in the Cellar Might Need a Little Explaining
- 17. Everything I Love
- 18. Curvy Early Air
- 19. Little Santas
- 20. Shadows on the Barn Floor
- 21. Ridiculous Hitch
- 22. Black Dog Goes Missing
- 23. Bad Math
- 24. Fryers
- 25. Awake
- 26. Good Day for a Getaway
- 27. Farmer Speed
- 28. Nobody Should Be Forced into an Ending
- 29. Chickens and Eggs
- 30. What I Would Say If I Could
- 31. Nobody Talks About It
- 32. Stealth Operation
- 33. All I Want to Know but Donât
- 34. The Operation Is at Risk
- 35. Sweet, Soft Thud
- 36. A Good Night for Candlesticks
- 37. More on What We Know So Far
- 38. Whose Story Is a Story?
- 39. Hope Is the Plan
- 40. Full Report
- 41. Touch Back
- 42. Living Is Living
- 43. Please Be Specific
- 44. Tell Me When
- 45. When
- 46. Falling Out of Time
- 47. The Morning Will Never Come, It Comes
- 48. En Route
- 49. The Stories Are All Right Here
- 50. I Could Be Anyone
- 51. Signs Ahead for Lincoln Tunnel
- 52. They Werenât Supposed to Know, They Know
- 53. However and Notwithstanding
- 54. Do Your Best
- 55. We Need a Better Explanation
- 56. Inside the Silver Whale
- 57. This Is Not How the Story Ends
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright