Three very different girls, adopted as babies from the same Chinese orphanage, spend a week at a summer camp, where the adoption agency coordinator wants them to journal their "bonding" experience.
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Nancy J. Cavanaugh écrit de la fiction captivante pour la jeunesse, explorant des thèmes tels que trouver le courage et surmonter les défis de l'adolescence. Ses histoires sont empreintes d'humour et de situations réalistes, souvent inspirées de ses propres expériences de vie et de ses observations perspicaces. Cavanaugh puise son inspiration dans la vie quotidienne, la famille et le monde qui l'entoure, créant des récits qui résonnent auprès des jeunes lecteurs. Forte de son expérience d'éducatrice, elle possède une capacité unique à établir un lien avec son public par des contes engageants et significatifs.
Elsie Mae Has Something to Say
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Elsie Mae is ready to take a stand. When you have six older siblings, it's pretty hard to stand out. But that's not going to stop Elsie Mae from trying. So when she finds out that her community's beloved Okefenokee Swamp is being threatened by a shipping company, Elsie Mae writes a letter to President Roosevelt. She's pretty confident it will save the swamp and make her a hometown hero. Then, Elsie Mae gets word of some hog bandits stealing from swamper families, and she sees an opportunity to make her family proud while waiting to hear back from the White House. But when her cousin Henry James shows up and just about ruins her investigation, Elsie Mae will learn the hard way what it really means to be a hero. Praise for Elsie Mae Has Something to Say: "Swamp magic." --Kirkus Reviews "An engrossing story." --Booklist Also by Nancy J. Cavanaugh: This Journal Belongs to Ratchet Always, Abigail Just Like Me