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Broken soup

Jenny Valentine

2009
2009
first published
  • 2009HarperTeen · ENGISBN 9780060850715
  • 2009HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780061786242
  • 2016L'École Des LoisirsISBN 9782211224475

Positive.Negative.It's how you look at it. . . . Someone shoves a photo negative into Rowan's hands. She is distracted but, frankly, she has larger problems to worry about. Her brother is dead. Her father has left. Her mother won't get out of bed. She has to take care of her younger sister. And keep it all together . . .But Rowan is curious about the mysterious boy and the negative. Who is he? Why did he give it to her? The mystery only deepens when the photo is developed and the inconceivable appears.Everything is about to change for Rowan. . . . Finally, something positive is in her life.Award-winning author Jenny Valentine delivers a powerful and life-affirming story of grief, friendship, and healing that will resonate long after the last page.

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesGrief
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