Closer to nowhere / Ellen Hopkins.
For the most part, Hannah's life is just how she wants it. She has two supportive parents, she's popular at school, and she's been killing it at gymnastics. But when her cousin Cal moves in with her family, everything changes. Cal tells half-truths and tall tales, pranks Hannah constantly, and seems to be the reason her parents are fighting more and more. Nothing is how it used to be. She knows that Cal went through a lot after his mom died and she is trying to be patient, but most days Hannah just wishes Cal never moved in. For his part, Cal is trying his hardest to fit in, but not everyone is as appreciative of his unique sense of humor and storytelling gifts as he is. Humor and stories might be his defense mechanism, but if Cal doesn't let his walls down soon, he might push away the very people who are trying their best to love him. Told in verse from the alternating perspectives of Hannah and Cal, this is a story of two cousins who are more alike than they realize and the family they both want to save.-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593108611
- ISBN: 0593108612
- ISBN: 9780593108635
- ISBN: 0593108639
- ISBN: 9780800002053
- ISBN: 0800002059
- Physical Description: 405 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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Target Audience Note: | Ages 10+. G. P. Putnam's Sons. Grades 4-6. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 490L Lexile Decoding demand: 92 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 75 (high) Structure demand: 89 (very high) Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 3.7 5.0 Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 3.7 5 511292. |
Awards Note: | Truman Readers Award nominee, 2022-2023. |
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Subject: | Families > Juvenile fiction. Emotional problems of children > Juvenile fiction. Cousins > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Novels in verse. Domestic fiction. |
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Closer to Nowhere
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Closer to Nowhere
Definition of Resent: Feel Bothered By Cal moved in a little more than a year ago. He wasn't exactly a stranger. Aunt Caryn was his mom, and she and my mom were more than sisters. They were identical twins. Two halves of a whole, Mom called them. They were close, but they didn't live near each other. Aunt Caryn moved to Arizona before Cal was born. She visited once in a while and came to a couple of family reunions. Talk about trouble! I guess when Aunt Caryn met Cal's dad and dropped out of college, it made Grandma mad. They hardly talk at all anymore, Mom told me once. And when they do, they end up shouting. "So why does Aunt Caryn go to the reunions?" I asked. "Grandma's always there. Caryn still wants to be part of the family, and she wants Cal to know his relatives. "I think Grandma should forgive her," I said. I think so, too. But my mother has a hard time with forgiveness. She thinks it's a sign of weakness. Grandma still hadn't forgiven her when Aunt Caryn died. I'll never forget that day. Mom cried and cried. When she finally stopped, her face was so puffed up, I could barely see her eyes. I lost a piece of myself , she said. Maybe Cal living with us is like getting that piece back. Maybe that's why Mom lets him get away with everything, from pranks to meltdowns to lies. I'm sorry, but I resent that. Try to find a little sympathy, Mom urges. After Caryn passed, things got pretty rough for Cal. His dad took him after the funeral, but the details of the next two years are a mystery. And no one's giving out clues. You'll have to wait for Cal to tell you, Mom says. It's not up to me. Whatever happened, I feel sorry for Cal. If my mom died, I'd be lost. Cal must feel lost sometimes, too. So, yeah, I want to forgive his quirks. Excerpted from Closer to Nowhere by Ellen Hopkins All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.