Gracie's Girl
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4.9 • 7 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
You never know what, or who, will touch your heart.
Now that Bess Cunningham is in middle school, she's determined to get noticed. With her new glasses, her wild thrift-store clothes, and her job as stage manager for the school play, she's sure her days of being invisible are over.
Being forced to volunteer with her parents at the local soup kitchen doesn't exactly fit into Bess's popularity plans, especially since she finds the place so creepy. But when she meets Gracie Jarvis Battle, an elderly homeless woman, Bess can't help but feel compassion for her. Bess grows more involved with trying to feed and shelter the older woman, but as the weather turns colder and Gracie grows thinner, Bess begins to wonder--will her help be enough?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sixth-grader Bess is on a campaign to be "cool," but she becomes less concerned with her own social status as she searches for a way to keep a homeless woman fed and sheltered. "A convincing look at a middle schooler's awakening to social problems," said PW.Ages 8-12.
Customer Reviews
AWESOME!!!
I love this book!!! I read it in a class and I thought it was a HOME RUN!!!
Gracie's Girl
I feel like what Bess and her friend Ethan did to help Gracie out was amazing now I feel like I can make a change too.This book was emotional and detailed, I cried but it felt good to know that Gracie is in a better place now .