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The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne

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Availability:In StockContributor:Shannon TakaokaAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2025-04-08Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536241938ISBN-10:1536241938UPC:9781536241938Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Magical Realism, Romance, HistoricalBook Topic:Historical, United StatesAward:2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Silver Medal Winner - Young Adult Fiction AwardSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCTV0G4J5X
"A warmhearted story that will resonate with anyone who has ever dreamed of reinventing themselves." --Kirkus Reviews

It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herself--a more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about her--the exact scene she wrote about him in her journal--and Gracie realizes that she can create any reality she wants, from acing tests to winning the attention of her previously indifferent classmates. But as her ability to change what is into what she wishes it to be grows stronger, Gracie starts to second-guess what's real--especially when it comes to a budding relationship with her cute neighbor, Tom. This compelling story deftly blends friendship, family, and romance . . . and bends the bounds of reality itself.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Candlewick Press (MA)ISBN-13:9781536241938ISBN-10:1536241938UPC:9781536241938Book Category:Young Adult FictionBook Subcategory:Magical Realism, Romance, HistoricalBook Topic:Historical, United StatesAward:2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Silver Medal Winner - Young Adult Fiction AwardSize:8.20 x 5.50 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCTV0G4J5X
Shannon Takaoka is the author of the young adult novel Everything I Thought I Knew, which was a 2021 Kansas National Education Association Reading Circle Recommended Title and a 2022 TAYSHAS Reading List Selection. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family, where she also works as a business writer and editor.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

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🏆 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Silver Medal Winner - Young Adult Fiction Award

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