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Eighth-grader Gwen Bainbridge's mother ran away five years ago. Now Gwen is receiving postcards from her that promise a reunion — postcards with a French postmark and no return address. Every night, Gwen pulls the cards from their secret place, makes a box out of them, and chants a spell that will take her to her mother. Until that happens, she plans to be a loner. After all, why make friends when she might be leaving any minute? Or so she thinks until she meets Clara, the new girl in her class. Clara sings to herself, moves her head like a chicken, and is determined to befriend Gwen. Despite herself, Gwen is drawn to this free spirit. But there's a problem: How can Gwen invite Clara home for dinner with her dad and Leon, ...
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Overview

Eighth-grader Gwen Bainbridge's mother ran away five years ago. Now Gwen is receiving postcards from her that promise a reunion — postcards with a French postmark and no return address. Every night, Gwen pulls the cards from their secret place, makes a box out of them, and chants a spell that will take her to her mother. Until that happens, she plans to be a loner. After all, why make friends when she might be leaving any minute? Or so she thinks until she meets Clara, the new girl in her class. Clara sings to herself, moves her head like a chicken, and is determined to befriend Gwen. Despite herself, Gwen is drawn to this free spirit. But there's a problem: How can Gwen invite Clara home for dinner with her dad and Leon, her dad's boyfriend? This sensitive portrayal of a controversial subject from an award-winning writer shows the healing power of friendship.

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Gwen Bainbridge has a ritual. Each night she builds a box out of the postcards that she has received from her five-year-absent mother and wishes she were somewhere else in Europe with her mother or inside her house of cards instead of being stuck at home with her father. In this tender story about friendship and family, Withrow (Bat Summer) slowly unravels the secrets that have caused Gwen to retreat into a private world of postcards, dreams and denial. The author reveals her heroine's complex system of defenses while planting enough clues about Gwen's past to explain the cause of her pain. After her father's alternative lifestyle caused a rift between her and her ex-best friend, Gwen vows to remain a loner at the onset of eighth grade. However, a new girl named Clara is just as determined to be Gwen's best friend. Pushed and prodded by Clara, Gwen slowly reveals parts of herself that she meant to keep hidden and, when doing so, comes to realize she isn't the only one carrying disturbing secrets. Eloquent first-person narrative traces the gradual change Gwen undergoes as she learns to reach outward to find love and acceptance. Adolescents are sure to relate to the protagonist's self-consciousness about being different and the relief that comes when she finally finds a friend with whom she can be herself. Ages 10-12. (Nov.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
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Gwen doesn't want much. All she wants is a normal family. She knows that "[y]ou have to be careful if your family doesn't follow the rules because most people can't handle it." In Gwen's family, her father's boyfriend lives with her and her dad. Her mother couldn't handle it nor could her best friend. Determined to avoid being hurt again, Gwen decides to live in a figurative box by becoming a loner. Also, after five years of no contact, her mother has recently sent her several postcards from France. If she has no friends, Gwen thinks, she can leave for Paris at any moment to join her mother. It is difficult to be a loner, however, when others insist on being friends. The most persistent person is Clara, who is new to Gwen's school. Gwen eventually learns that Clara doesn't follow the rules either and has problems of her own. The characters in this novel are very believable and likeable. The reader will care about their determined attempts to come to terms with their difficulties in school and with family and friends. The author has drawn a realistic and caring portrait of young people struggling with sensitive social issues. 2001, Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, $15.95. Ages 12 to 16. Reviewer: Stephanie Farrow
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Thirteen-year-old Gwen wants a stable life. Five years ago, her mother left when Gwen's father began a homosexual relationship with Leon. Desperately wanting to connect with her mother, Gwen believes chanting a spell will bring her back. Each day she forms a box with her mother's postcards and dreams of a reunion. Her mother, in Europe with her roommate, is sadly out of touch with her daughter, not even realizing Gwen has entered eighth grade. At school, new girl Carla targets Gwen to become best friends. Annoyed by Carla's brash personality, Gwen shuns her, preferring to be a loner. A school assignment groups the girls with Tony. Not interested in dating, Gwen downplays Tony's interest in her. Pushed by Carla to drop her loner image, Gwen grudgingly accepts the friendship. Finally, Gwen realizes that people like her as she is, including her father and Leon. When she labels her mother as simply her biological parent, Gwen begins to mature emotionally. Gwen's emotional hurt is not explained directly, causing the book to ramble. Carla's last-minute confession of bulimia is an awkward addition that distracts from the story's plot. Homosexuality issues are low-key, but Leon is a stereotype, shown as a gay male artist who enjoys cooking and speaks with a lisp. Juvenile cover art might mislead readers to assume that the novel is a simple middle school friendship story when the actual theme of the book is coping with extremely complex personal relationships. VOYA CODES: 3Q 2P M (Readable without serious defects; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8). 2001, Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 181p,
— Rollie Welch <%ISBN%>0888994079
School Library Journal
Gr 6-8-Gwen is a normal, bright, and independent eighth grader laden down with an unusually self-absorbed family. When her mother, who left five years ago, begins to send her postcards from Europe, the girl begins to invent rituals to cast a spell over them to summon her mother home. Meanwhile, she must endure her school days. Her ex-best friend has moved away. Before she left, Gwen confided to her that life with her father includes Leon, his significant other. Her friend reacted with homophobic revulsion, and Gwen is determined to shield herself from future friendships. What she hasn't bargained on is a socially clueless and irritatingly persistent classmate dead set on becoming her new friend. The doggedly chipper Clara isn't at all fazed by Gwen's obvious cold shoulder. As the girls' relationship becomes a roller coaster of revealing moments, Gwen finds out that Clara has some complex issues of her own. At this point the girls are able to lay their secrets aside and begin a genuine friendship. Gwen and Clara are believable characters, and Gwen's first-person narrative gives the novel credible perspective. Readers meet a girl treading choppy adolescent waters, complicated further by the discomfort of her home life. The protagonists' emotional predicaments are refreshingly tempered with real-life adolescent moments concerning popularity, friends, class projects, and boys.-Alison Follos, North Country School, Lake Placid, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780888994363
  • Publisher: Groundwood Books
  • Publication date: 9/28/2002
  • Pages: 184
  • Sales rank: 1,178,488
  • Age range: 10 - 12 Years
  • Product dimensions: 5.04 (w) x 7.50 (h) x 0.52 (d)

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