| Give and Take Contributor(s): Swartz, Elly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374308217 ISBN-13: 9780374308216 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Depression & Mental Illness - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Family - New Baby |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2018036025 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.84 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Family - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Elly Swartz's Give and Take is a touching middle grade novel about family, friendship, and learning when to let go. Family has always been important to twelve-year-old Maggie: a trapshooter, she is coached by her dad and cheered on by her mom. But her grandmother's recent death leaves a giant hole in Maggie's life, one which she begins to fill with an assortment of things: candy wrappers, pieces of tassel from Nana's favorite scarf, milk cartons, sticks . . . all stuffed in cardboard boxes under her bed. Then her parents decide to take in a foster infant. But anxiety over the new baby's departure only worsens Maggie's hoarding, and soon she finds herself taking and taking until she spirals out of control. Ultimately, with some help from family, friends, and experts, Maggie learns that sometimes love means letting go. This title has Common Core connections. |
Contributor Bio(s): Swartz, Elly: - Elly Swartz grew up in Yardley, Pennsylvania, where she lived a happy childhood filled with laughs, family dinners, and crooked birthday cakes. She studied psychology at Boston University and received a law degree from Georgetown University School of Law. The mother of two grown sons, Elly now lives in Massachusetts with her husband. Finding Perfect was her debut novel. |