Grief Girl: My True Story
| AUTHOR | Vincent, Erin |
| PUBLISHER | Ember (11/11/2008) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
This is the gripping true story of how one devastating moment tears a family apart and how love and strength come together to rebuild what was lost. "Compelling... tinged with the rawness only real life can provide." --Entertainment Weekly I am just like you.
I get bored in school.
I goof off with my friends.
I fight with my family.
I have big dreams.
I am just like everyone else.
And then, in a split second, I'm not. It's just another October day until Erin's parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later, after doctors assure Erin he's going to make it. Now Erin and her sister are left to raise their baby brother--and each other. Grief Girl will break your heart and then fill you with hope, time and time again.
I get bored in school.
I goof off with my friends.
I fight with my family.
I have big dreams.
I am just like everyone else.
And then, in a split second, I'm not. It's just another October day until Erin's parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later, after doctors assure Erin he's going to make it. Now Erin and her sister are left to raise their baby brother--and each other. Grief Girl will break your heart and then fill you with hope, time and time again.
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Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13:
9780385733861
ISBN-10:
0385733860
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
More Product Details
Page Count:
320
Carton Quantity:
24
Product Dimensions:
5.10 x 0.70 x 7.80 inches
Weight:
0.55 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product - Canadian,
Price on Product,
Ikids
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Death, Grief, Bereavement
Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - Siblings
Grade Level:
4th Grade
- 7th Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
4.2
Point Value:
10
Interest Level:
Middle Grade Plus
Guided Reading Level:
Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal:
B
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
publisher marketing
This is the gripping true story of how one devastating moment tears a family apart and how love and strength come together to rebuild what was lost. "Compelling... tinged with the rawness only real life can provide." --Entertainment Weekly I am just like you.
I get bored in school.
I goof off with my friends.
I fight with my family.
I have big dreams.
I am just like everyone else.
And then, in a split second, I'm not. It's just another October day until Erin's parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later, after doctors assure Erin he's going to make it. Now Erin and her sister are left to raise their baby brother--and each other. Grief Girl will break your heart and then fill you with hope, time and time again.
I get bored in school.
I goof off with my friends.
I fight with my family.
I have big dreams.
I am just like everyone else.
And then, in a split second, I'm not. It's just another October day until Erin's parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later, after doctors assure Erin he's going to make it. Now Erin and her sister are left to raise their baby brother--and each other. Grief Girl will break your heart and then fill you with hope, time and time again.
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Author:
Vincent, Erin
Erin Vincent has worked as a journalist, fashion designer, creative consultant, theater actress, photographer's assistant, waitress on a paddle steamer, bartender, and served pies and mushy peas late at night from a roadside van. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Adam, and a pet crab named Charlie.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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