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Sand Dollar Summer

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By Kimberly K. Jones
Publisher Simon Schuster - (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Sand Dollar Summer
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Twelveyearold Lise watches her safe world fall apart when her strong, selfreliant mom is injured in a car accident. To recuperate, Mom takes Lise and her bright little brother to live in a rattletrap house on the beach in Maine for the summer. Although her mother grew up there, this is Lises first experience with the ocean. Shes terrified by what may be lurking in the cold depths and confused by the ways that Maine is changing her mother.As secrets from the past start spilling out, even the solid earth may not keep Lise safe anymore. Lise will have to learn to go with the flow or risk falling apart in this tender, funny, and wise novel...the story of one familys unforgettable summer.

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40037 words40,037 words
224 pages224 pages
Lexile 730LLexile 730L
Grade 4 to 9Grade 4 to 9
Age 9-14Age 9-14
Published 2006Published 2006

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Book ISBN:

9781416903628

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