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Impossible Things
Cassidy Silver is not having a good year. Her engineer father is in the Middle East, her artist mother is too busy to listen to the painful details of her daughter's grade seven life, her genius younger brother is being bullied, and her best friend Chiaki has abandoned her to hang out with the meanest girls in school. Then Cassidy meets Victoria, who is telekinetic—she can move objects with her mind. Cassidy, desperate to not be the only ordinary person in her family, thinks learning telekinesis could be the answer to all her problems. But is Victoria telling the truth? And is telekinesis really the solution?
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2008
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About the author
Robin Stevenson
42 books167 followersRobin Stevenson is the award winning author of over thirty books of fiction and non-fiction for kids and teens. Her books have received starred reviews and have won the Silver Birch Award, the Sheila A. Egoff award and a Stonewall Honor, and been finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Lambda Literary Awards, and many reader’s choice awards. Robin was the Book and Periodical Council of Canada’s Champion of Free Expression for 2022, and received the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence in 2023. She lives on the west coast of Canada.
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November 19, 2019I really liked the book because it shows that kids should stand up to bullying and not be apart of it or just not doing anything at all.
April 13, 2021
I am liking the book it’s really good so far, the books about a 12 year-old girl and her new best friend the chapter that I’m on they just helped Cassidys mother with her art show
April 1, 2012
In this book, there is one character I want to talk about. Her name is Casidy Silver. Before years of speech therapy, she had a lisp. A lisp is when you have problems saying the sound 's' So if you say her name with a lisp, it sounds like 'Cathidy Thilver, Tchool Freak' Everyone thinks she's a freak. Even though she had speech therapy, her lisp comes back when she's sad or angry, or when emotions are running crazy. Or when she's anguished. She went through a lot, like people teasing her about being a 'freak' and having no friends, and her nerdy brother being bullied because...well... because he's a nerd. And her mom is too busy with her artwork to pay much attention to her kids. When she does get a friend, it seems that her friend can do telekinsis, but she doubts it. Something bad is following her, and Cassidy has to help her new friend escape bad luck's wrath. If you want to read what happens, grab the book and read!
March 9, 2012
I really like this book, it was a really exciting in the middle of it. It really did capture my attention and what capture my attention was the cover of the book. It just looked really interesting with a fether. The book is about a girl, who is pretty much an outcast at school, and she gets bullied by the "popular girls" at school. Then a new girl came to school. Her name was Victoria, but she was not a normal girl. She knew teleknisis. Which means she has the ablilty to move things with her mind. Victoria is not allowed to use it at all! But she has the urge to use it towards the popular girls that bring everyonw down. I really liked the part where she actually uses it but not on the girls but on her teacher!It was a really good booko to read, and if there were a whole seires I would continue to read the rest.
February 1, 2011
So far so good. This book is about a girl who is going thru a tough time in 7th grade. But then she meets this girl named Victoria, and Cassidy, the main character, finds out that Victoria has telekinesis power. That is were I am right now. Im enjoying this book so much that I can't put it down. But a thought that I have is: Why doesnt CassidyBelieve Victoria that Victoria has the special paower of telekinesis??????
March 18, 2009
A good book to recommend to a middle school reluctant reader girl. Cassidy, 7th grade, finds the friend she needs and wants in the new girl, Victoria. This book has it all; distant parents, a caring teacher, bullies, a younger brother to protect, an older no good brother, and outsiders coming together to make a great group of supportive friends.
June 14, 2014
This book felt slightly simplistic, but overall there is a ring of authenticity to it. While the main character doesn't face any large horrific situation, she instead suffers from smaller and much more common issues of bullying, fitting in, dealing with bad teachers and absent parents, and learning to make friends. Middle grade readers could benefit from reading this realistic fiction.
April 19, 2018
it was so cute and friendly. i couldnt put this book down and even my teacher told me to put it down during the math lesson. i really relate to this book since im in middle school. i recommend you this book for a good time - Jen UPDATE: IM AN IDIOT FOR READING THIS DURING A MATH LESSON. DISRESPECTFUL
April 2, 2008
See upcoming SLJ for the official review...
October 7, 2008
Outcast Cassidy Silver (or Cathidy Thilver, as she used to lisp) makes friends with a new girl who has telekinetic powers.
July 19, 2009
Good book for girls about teasing and bullying. Very sweet.
December 14, 2009
A nice--in the best sense of the word--story of a seventh grader learning about the power of believing in herself.
June 27, 2010
It was okay, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone or rave about how good it was... The characters made you stress because they made the worse decisions.
September 30, 2011
this is a book full of wonderful. It has drama and action read to see the thrills. This is realyamzing book. It shows how friends come togther.
January 29, 2013
This book is great and some people can relate in real life.
October 20, 2013
I thought this was a well written story with an interesting plot and realistic characters. The theme of tackling bullying deserves attention. An enjoyable mid grade read.
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June 3, 2009
i really liked this book i want to keep reading robin stevenson's books
September 17, 2011
Liked the family relationships in this one: far from perfect, but still caring.
September 4, 2012
Simple but not remotely memorable.
June 18, 2017
This is a really cute book about friendships, and how people struggle to find themselves. The protagonist is a 12 year old girl who struggles with a lisp. She finds friends in some unlikely places, and learns to appreciate some of the people she can't call friends. This book has some great relationship dynamics between family members and classmates. A great read.
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