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The Marvelous Imagination of Katie Addams
When Katie's parents got divorced last year, things were tough.
Now summer vacation promises trips to the farm, new baby kittens, and treehouse sleepovers, not to mention letters from Uncle Edmond, currently in a hot air balloon race around Africa!
But everything changes when Katie's dad asks her to spend a whole month at his house in Minneapolis-- and her mom goes on a date!
As things unravel, Katie relies more and more on her amazing imagination to escape into the world of Uncle Edmond's adventures.
Then a phone call turns her world upside down. Will Katie be able to handle a real life crisis?
Now summer vacation promises trips to the farm, new baby kittens, and treehouse sleepovers, not to mention letters from Uncle Edmond, currently in a hot air balloon race around Africa!
But everything changes when Katie's dad asks her to spend a whole month at his house in Minneapolis-- and her mom goes on a date!
As things unravel, Katie relies more and more on her amazing imagination to escape into the world of Uncle Edmond's adventures.
Then a phone call turns her world upside down. Will Katie be able to handle a real life crisis?
159 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2016
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March 4, 2016
Charming! I had more in common than I expected to with 10yo Katie, who loves mail and sometimes thinks it would be easier if her dad vanished into the Bermuda Triangle. I live in the same small town as the author and liked how she compared the charms and attractions of a small town vs a metropolis via a transplanted character, as so many of us are. A novel like this shows us that age does not separate us very much, and innocence is no protection against harm.
March 26, 2016
I may be biased because I know the author personally, but Rose has a wonderful gift for storytelling and paints a vivid story of a 10-year-old girl whose parents are going through a divorce. She lives for her uncle's letters from his adventures around the world and her imagination runs wild after reading them.
This book would be an excellent read for any child with an active imagination like the title character.
This book would be an excellent read for any child with an active imagination like the title character.
June 26, 2016
Beautiful story!
September 10, 2016
The story weaves beautifully between the main character's reality and imagination, while maintaining the emotion and energy of both throughout the book. It is easy to get swept up into Katie's world; hoping for letters from far away adventurers, while also relishing the lazy summer days of childhood.
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