The Great Upending
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The Great Upending

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

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 man—The Mister—who 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 with…bothering The Mister.

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Information

Publisher
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781481491563
eBook ISBN
9781481491587

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. 1. Full of Shine
  5. 2. Yellow Orange Red
  6. 3. Catch a Bird
  7. 4. After
  8. 5. Phooey
  9. 6. The Thing About Seeds
  10. 7. Pie
  11. 8. Ask Me
  12. 9. T in the Road
  13. 10. Spyglassing
  14. 11. Phooey, Again
  15. 12. If I Could
  16. 13. Red Flannel Hash
  17. 14. Shuffle in the Shadows
  18. 15. Victory Shelf
  19. 16. The Seed Museum in the Cellar Might Need a Little Explaining
  20. 17. Everything I Love
  21. 18. Curvy Early Air
  22. 19. Little Santas
  23. 20. Shadows on the Barn Floor
  24. 21. Ridiculous Hitch
  25. 22. Black Dog Goes Missing
  26. 23. Bad Math
  27. 24. Fryers
  28. 25. Awake
  29. 26. Good Day for a Getaway
  30. 27. Farmer Speed
  31. 28. Nobody Should Be Forced into an Ending
  32. 29. Chickens and Eggs
  33. 30. What I Would Say If I Could
  34. 31. Nobody Talks About It
  35. 32. Stealth Operation
  36. 33. All I Want to Know but Don’t
  37. 34. The Operation Is at Risk
  38. 35. Sweet, Soft Thud
  39. 36. A Good Night for Candlesticks
  40. 37. More on What We Know So Far
  41. 38. Whose Story Is a Story?
  42. 39. Hope Is the Plan
  43. 40. Full Report
  44. 41. Touch Back
  45. 42. Living Is Living
  46. 43. Please Be Specific
  47. 44. Tell Me When
  48. 45. When
  49. 46. Falling Out of Time
  50. 47. The Morning Will Never Come, It Comes
  51. 48. En Route
  52. 49. The Stories Are All Right Here
  53. 50. I Could Be Anyone
  54. 51. Signs Ahead for Lincoln Tunnel
  55. 52. They Weren’t Supposed to Know, They Know
  56. 53. However and Notwithstanding
  57. 54. Do Your Best
  58. 55. We Need a Better Explanation
  59. 56. Inside the Silver Whale
  60. 57. This Is Not How the Story Ends
  61. Acknowledgments
  62. About the Author
  63. Copyright