Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams

Miles from Ordinary by Carol Lynch Williams

Imagine Anna Quindlen or Sue Miller turning her attention to writing a young adult novel, and you have an idea what Williams] has done for early teen readers. --Audrey Couloumbis, author of the Newbery Honor Book Getting Close to Baby

Thirteen-year-old Lacey wakes to a beautiful summer morning excited to begin her new job at the library, just as her mother is supposed to start work at the grocery store. Lacey hopes that her mother's ghosts have finally been laid to rest; after all, she seems so much better these days, and they really do need the money. But as the hours tick by and memories come flooding back, a day full of hope spins terrifyingly out of control.

No one can get inside the head and heart of a 13-year-old girl better than Carol Lynch Williams, and I mean no one, said James S. Jacobs, Professor of Children's Literature at Brigham Young University, of her breakout novel, The Chosen One. Now, with Miles from Ordinary, this award-winning YA author brings us an equally gripping story of a girl who loves her mother, but must face the truth of what life with that mother means for both of them.

Miles from Ordinary was recently named to The American Libray Associations 2012 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults. The Chosen One was named one of 2012's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults by the ALA.

Carol Williams is an associate professor of women's and gender studies and history at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, and the author of Framing the West: Race, Gender, and the Pacific Northwest Photography Frontier.

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ISBN 13	9780312555122
ISBN 10	0312555121
Title	Miles from Ordinary
Author	Carol Lynch Williams
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	St. Martin's Griffin
Year published	2011-03-15
Number of pages	208
Prizes	Commended for Tayshas Reading 2012
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.