β Scribed by Celeste Conway
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Starred Review. Grade 4β6βConway writes in the true, clear voice of a fifth grader. Like most young girls, Anna has moments of insecurity; she has an intense friendship with her best friend, Katy, and a deep relationship with her parents and older brother. Then, as her friendship with Katy becomes rocky, her beloved brother heads off to Harvard, and she no longer has the joy of her make-believe world where she pretended to be a character in a television show. With the support of her parents, she is able to work through her unhappiness about the changes in her life. Readers are introduced to issues of socioeconomic status in a realistic, yet gentle way. Anna has so much in the material sense that she truly does not understand what it is like to be Katy, who has a single mom and a younger brother with developmental disabilities who must be sent to an institution when he becomes uncontrollable. Conway gives children a way to think about the lives of those who have a much more difficult time in a way that is enlightening without being preachy.β Wendy Smith-D'Arezzo, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD
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Praise for _The Melting Season:
_ βThis novel will capture readers with its vivid imagery, emotional subtlety, and fine dialogue.β βBooklist, Starred
**Starred Review, School Library Journal, February 2009:
** βConway gives children a way to think about the lives of those who have a much more difficult time in a way that is enlightening without being preachy.β
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