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Cammie Takes Flight
Contributor(s): Best, Laura (Author)
ISBN: 1771084677     ISBN-13: 9781771084673
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing (CN)
OUR PRICE:   $11.66  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 2017
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.5" (0.61 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Self-Esteem
- Topical - Friendship
- Locality - Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Geographic Orientation - Nova Scotia
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Topical - Physically Challenged
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Eleven-year-old Cammie Turple grew up with more obstacles than most. Visually impaired and abandoned by her parents, she was raised by her tenacious, bootlegging aunt in rural Tanner, Nova Scotia. After Cammie and her best friend, Evelyn Merry, destroy the local moonshine still, forcing Evelyn's abusive, alcoholic father to sober up but nearly killing Evelyn in the process, Cammie convinces her aunt to send her to the Halifax School for the Blind.

The anticipated follow-up to Flying with a Broken Wing, Cammie Takes Flight finds Cammie navigating life at her new school, armed with an envelope with her estranged mother's address on it. Unsure if she can trust her new friend, Nessa, Cammie enlists her help in tracking to help track her mother down. Will Cammie finally learn why she was abandoned and be able to start her new life? Or will she find too many secrets to count, and realize that she might never put the past behind her?

A heartfelt coming-of-age story, Cammie Takes Flight explores the values of perseverance, unlikely friendships, and what it means to be a family.

Contributor Bio(s): Best, Laura: - Laura Best has had over forty short stories published in literary magazines and anthologies. Her first young adult novel, Bitter, Sweet, was shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and made the Best Books for Kids and Teens 2011 list. She lives in East Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, with her husband, Brian. Visit lauraabest.wordpress.com.