Sign-In
Cart
The Quiet One
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780692948590
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Dec 19 2017
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.08 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
The year is 1943. Rachel is an imaginative eight-year-old girl who lives on a dairy farm with her parents. Though her home in the green hills of Vermont is far from the daily tragedies of World War II, Rachel still feels the pain of loss. Her older sister, Emily, has recently died of pneumonia, leaving Rachel without her guiding light.
Though Emily's death makes Rachel feel as if the world has stopped spinning, she is called on to find reserves of imagination and grit-even channel her sister. As Rachel struggles to cope, she grapples with suspicions that her teacher is somehow to blame for Emily's fatal illness. She also hones her story-writing skills, survives a night lost in the woods, and plays the queen in the school play.
By the time the war is ending, Rachel is ten and beginning to understand that she has the ability and will to live outside her more extroverted sister's shadow. Filled with bittersweet moments, The Quiet One is not just a heart-wrenching story about coping with loss and finding the strength to go on. It is also an inspirational tale for young readers who are ready to step up and take the lead in their own lives.
Also in
History
I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived Graphic Novel #14): Volume 14
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived Graphic Novel #14): Volume 14
Tarshis, Lauren
Hardcover
Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park: A Mystery Adventure in the National Parks
Johnson, Aaron
Paperback
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived Graphic Novel #8): Volume 8
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 (I Survived Graphic Novel #12): Volume 12
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived Graphic Novel #10): Volume 10
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel #9): Volume 9
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 (I Survived Graphic Novel #4): Volume 4
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
Discovery in Great Sand Dunes National Park: A Mystery Adventure in the National Parks
Johnson, Aaron
Paperback
I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 (I Survived #14): Volume 14
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 (I Survived Graphic Novel #11): Volume 11
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback
The Circus Ship: (A Rhyming Adventure of Circus Animals Finding a New Home - For Preschoolers, Kindergarteners, and 1st-3rd Graders Ages 4-8)
Van Dusen, Chris
Hardcover
The Secret Garden: Special Edition with Tasha Tudor Art and Bonus Materials
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Paperback
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner)
Mattick, Lindsay
Hardcover
Asian Folktales for Children: Traditional Tales from Japan, Korea, China, India, the Philippines and Other Asian Lands
Romulo, Liana
Conger, David
Hardcover
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (Special Edition: I Survived #1): Volume 1
Tarshis, Lauren
Paperback