The Summer of the Swans
Readers rate it 3.4 (8 on Hardcover)
148 pages · Released Apr 1, 2005 · Puffin
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This Newbery Medal winner is a gentle coming-of-age story centered on a teenage girl learning compassion and self-awareness when her brother with intellectual disabilities goes missing. The emotional conflict—family worry, sibling resentment transformed into love, and personal growth—is handled with sensitivity and maturity appropriate for middle readers and up. The book realistically portrays disability without sentimentality and offers meaningful lessons about family obligation and empathy.
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A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost. A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.
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ISBN 9780142404416 · Puffin