A quirky, heartfelt middle-grade novel about grief and the resilience of the human spirit.
Her new life feels like a house of cards.
Sabrina thinks they can track her down, and Melanie wants to believe, but sometimes it\'s easier to pretend.
It\'s bad.
Missing her mom is like trying to breathe with one lung.
She even lands the lead in Peter Pan If only she could share it all with Mom.
She teaches Melanie how to Believe in herself, and soon Melanie starts living her dreams.
Then, Melanie meets Sabrina, who looks like a TV star and acts like a spy, and who doesn\'t care what anyone thinks.
It\'s 1980, and life as a fifth grader at Buckminster Experimental School is lonely at best, when she\'s not dodging Karen, the school bully.
Her imagination can do anything -- except make friends.
She understands the secret language of old houses and makes jewels out of broken glass.
She\'s never been bored.
Full of humor and wonder, Believe explores the power and limits of the imagination - and how love both breaks and heals our hearts.
Eleven-year-old Melanie knows she\'s special.
A quirky, heartfelt middle-grade novel about grief and the resilience of the human spirit.
Anderson, author of Searching for Shona. -- Margaret J.
Mathison\'s characters, young and old, are so well realized that they live on in the reader\'s mind long after the book is closed. and let go.
A riveting story of loss and friendship.
Her new life feels like a house of cards, until one day it all comes crashing down and she finds herself with no choice but to face the truth...
Sabrina thinks they can track her down, and Melanie wants to believe, but sometimes it\'s easier to pretend.
It\'s bad.
Missing her mom is like trying to breathe with one lung.
She even lands the lead in Peter Pan If only she could share it all with Mom.
She teaches Melanie how to Believe in herself, and soon Melanie starts living her dreams.
Then, Melanie meets Sabrina, who looks like a TV star and acts like a spy, and who doesn\'t care what anyone thinks.
It\'s 1980, and life as a fifth grader at Buckminster Experimental School is lonely at best, when she\'s not dodging Karen, the school bully.
Her imagination can do anything -- except make friends.
She understands the secret language of old houses and makes jewels out of broken glass.
She\'s never been bored.
Full of humor and wonder, Believe explores the power and limits of the imagination - and how love both breaks and heals our hearts.
Eleven-year-old Melanie knows she\'s special.
A quirky, heartfelt middle-grade novel about grief and the resilience of the human spirit
