Beth Vrabel
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age. That's because he has cystic fibrosis, a diagnosis meaning lungs that fill with mucus and a shortened lifespan. Caleb tries not to let his disorder define him, but it can be hard with an overprotective mom and a perfect big brother. Then Caleb meets Kit--a vibrant, independent, and free girl--and his world changes instantly. Kit reads Caleb's palm and tells him...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Wanting to escape his family life, sixth grader Hayes flies off with his misfit friend Gerty to protect a clonal colony of aspen from a wildfire, but the two quickly realize the importance of everything they tried to leave behind.