Hidden by Helen Frost
When Wren Abbott and Darra Monson are eight years old, Darra's father steals a minivan. He doesn't know that Wren is hiding in the back. The hours and days that follow change the lives of both girls. Darra is left with a question that only Wren can answer. Wren has questions, too.
Years later, in a chance encounter at camp, the girls face each other for the first time. They can finally learn the truth--that is, if they're willing to reveal to each other the stories that they've hidden for so long. Told from alternating viewpoints, this novel-in-poems reveals the complexities of memory and the strength of a friendship that can overcome pain.
Frost, Helen: - Helen Frost is the author of several books for young people, including Hidden, Diamond Willow, Crossing Stones, The Braid, and Keesha's House, selected an Honor Book for the Michael L. Printz Award. Helen Frost was born in 1949 in South Dakota, the fifth of ten children. She recalls the summer her family moved from South Dakota to Oregon, traveling in a big trailer and camping in places like the Badlands and Yellowstone. Her father told the family stories before they went to sleep, and Helen would dream about their travels, her family, and their old house. That's how I became a writer, she says. I didn't know it at the time, but all those things were accumulating somewhere inside me. As a child, she loved to travel, think, swim, sing, learn, canoe, write, argue, sew, play the piano, play softball, play with dolls, daydream, read, go fishing, and climb trees. Now, when she sits down to write, her own experiences become the details of her stories. Helen has lived in South Dakota, Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Scotland, Colorado, Alaska, California, and Indiana. She currently lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her family.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780374382216 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374382212 |
| Title | Hidden |
| Author | Helen Frost |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) |
| Year published | 2011-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Prizes | Winner of William Allen White Childens Book Award (Grades 6-8) 2014, Runner-up for Mark Twain Readers Award 2013, Commended for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2012, Short-listed for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2016, Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2014, Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (Middle School) 2014, Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Middle Grades) 2014, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2013, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2013, Short-listed for Charlotte Award (Middle School/Grades 6-8) 2014 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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