| Wenny Has Wings Contributor(s): Carey, Janet Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 068986759X ISBN-13: 9780689867590 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: Will North and his little sister Wenny both die when they are hit by a truck, but he is pulled back into life. Will blames himself for Wenny's death--and he is furious with Wenny for leaving him behind. Will's pastor tells him that when he's angry, he writes letters to God, but Will decides he'd rather write letters to Wenny. So he does, in a touching, funny, and honest correspondence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001033312 |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.12" W x 7.62" (0.36 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the fight with the truck barreling toward them, Wenny and Will lost big. Wenny lost her life. Will lost a sister -- and lost faith in himself. But then Will starts writing letters to Wenny. He tells her all about the secret of his near-death exper |
Contributor Bio(s): Carey, Janet Lee: - JANET LEE CAREY grew up in Marin County California surrounded by whispering redwoods. Sunlight cut through ocean mist and fingered through the branches. It was in this magical place that she first dreamed of writing books. Her award-winning teen fantasy novels are translated into many languages. Some include: The Dragons of Noor, which won a Teens Read Too Gold Star Award for Excellence, Stealing Death, which received a School Library Journal starred review, Dragon's Keep, an ALA Best Books for Young Adults, and Wenny Has Wings, a Mark Twain Award recipient and a Sony Feature Film Japan, 2008. Janet lives with her family, dusty book stacks, and imperious cat near Phantom Lake in Washington. Visit Janet online at www.janetleecarey.com. |