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Picking Up the Pieces
She only agreed to accept a ride home. She never suspected it would mean she'd never play basketball again. Swim again. Dance again with a boy she liked. It wasn't supposed to mean she'd spend the rest of her life being someone she'd never intended to be. ******* At fourteen, Megan's life is changed forever in the blink of an eye. One second, she was riding on the back of a cute boy's motorcycle. The next, she was in a wheelchair -- paralyzed from the waist down. Now, nothing will ever be the same. And being with her family out at the summer house only reminds Megan of that more. Until she meets her new neighbor, Harris, and everything begins to change. Maybe the past can't ever be recaptured, but Megan's about to learn that new beginnings are always possible.
176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 30, 1993
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About the author
Patricia Calvert
31 books7 followers"We are all emigrants from the same country — the land of childhood. What I want to do is write about the journey all of us have taken — or are in the process of taking — from that special place."
Patricia Calvert celebrates her birthday on July 22nd. She grew up in the mountains of Montana, in what was "a magic world for any child, one in which lodgepole pines grew like arrows toward a sky that seemed always blue." Even though Ms. Calvert knew she wanted to be a writer when she was ten, it wasn't until her daughters were grown and had moved away from home and she and her husband moved to Minnesota that she concentrated on her writing.
Among her books, The Snowbird and Yesterday's Daughter have both been named to ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list. Glennis, Before and After received a Christopher Award. Betrayed! (Atheneum) appeared in 2002 and Robert E. Peary: To the Top of the World (Benchmark) in 2001. Most recently, Ms. Calvert has been focusing on nonfiction writing, bringing us biographies of Zebulon Pike and Kit Carson, as well as The Ancient Celts.
Patricia Calvert celebrates her birthday on July 22nd. She grew up in the mountains of Montana, in what was "a magic world for any child, one in which lodgepole pines grew like arrows toward a sky that seemed always blue." Even though Ms. Calvert knew she wanted to be a writer when she was ten, it wasn't until her daughters were grown and had moved away from home and she and her husband moved to Minnesota that she concentrated on her writing.
Among her books, The Snowbird and Yesterday's Daughter have both been named to ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list. Glennis, Before and After received a Christopher Award. Betrayed! (Atheneum) appeared in 2002 and Robert E. Peary: To the Top of the World (Benchmark) in 2001. Most recently, Ms. Calvert has been focusing on nonfiction writing, bringing us biographies of Zebulon Pike and Kit Carson, as well as The Ancient Celts.
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February 17, 2023
I loved the atmosphere of the island. A touching story, but there was too much repetition of the same ideas that led me to skip some lines.
"Megan's" character needed more work and more depth than what was actually presented.
"Megan's" character needed more work and more depth than what was actually presented.
November 1, 2020
Good, won't reread. Donate.
May 13, 2011
A favorite from when I was younger.
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