| Walk Me Home Contributor(s): Hyde, Catherine Ryan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611097975 ISBN-13: 9781611097979 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2012948673 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.90 lbs) 363 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the author of Pay It Forward comes the powerful story of two sisters who just lost their mother--and are walking as fast as they can toward the only family they have left. If sixteen-year-old Carly and eleven-year-old Jen can find Teddy, Carly knows he'll save them from foster care...if he can forgive them for their mother's vicious lies about him. But when the starving girls get caught stealing food on a Native American reservation, their journey gets put on hold. And after Jen makes a heartbreaking confession, Carly wonders if they'll ever escape the pain of the past. Set against the backdrop of the American Southwest, Walk Me Home and its resilient heroines will inspire readers and renew their faith in recovery and redemption. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hyde, Catherine Ryan: - Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three published books. Her bestselling 1999 novel, Pay It Forward, adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture, made the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list and was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Her novels Becoming Chloe and Jumpstart the World were included on the ALA's Rainbow List; Jumpstart the World was also a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won Rainbow Awards in two categories. The Language of Hoofbeats won a Rainbow Award. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in many journals, including the Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and the Sun, and in the anthologies Santa Barbara Stories and California Shorts, as well as the bestselling anthology Dog Is My Co-Pilot. Her short fiction received honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, a second-place win for the Tobias Wolff Award, and nominations for Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Three have also been cited in Best American Short Stories. Hyde is the founder and former president of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker, she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with AmeriCorps members at the White House, and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. An avid equestrian, photographer, and traveler, she lives in California. |