All the Impossible Things
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Publisher Description
A bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey's extraordinary middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs.
Meet Ruby "Red" Byrd—a young, unique girl facing the turbulence of life while grappling with a powerful, mysterious connection to the wind.
As Red navigates the unpredictable storms of the foster care system, her powers resonate with her inner turmoil—intensifying with her fear, anger, and confusion. We follow her journey as she's tossed into the loving arms of the Grooves, an unconventional couple who run a quaint petting zoo, amid a symphony of quirky creatures and unexplained gifts of their own.
This newfound idyllic sanctuary is soon threatened by a familiar tempest—her chaotic mother. Longing for familial love and caught in a maelstrom of emotions, Red's story is a challenge to master her incredible abilities, surpass the impossible, and find the family she craves.
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Eleven-year-old Ruby "Red" Byrd is skeptical when her kindly social worker takes her to live with new foster parents in tiny Bramble, Colo. Jackson and Celine Groove, an older interracial couple, immediately open their hearts to Red, though, and she is drawn to their petting zoo of rescue animals, especially their 400-pound tortoise, Tuck. And gregarious Marvin, who is Hawaiian and the son of Red's respite caregivers, determines to befriend her. But she longs for her mother, who has been in prison for three years following an episode with pill addiction that left Red to fend for herself. Then her mother is released early, creating a literal storm for Red, whose roiling emotions can affect the wind. She longs to control this chaotic power, which infuses magic realism into Lackey's charming, bittersweet debut. Included throughout are heartbreaking glimpses of Red's life before her mother's arrest, as well as Red's letters to her mom, and readers will ache for her as she struggles to reconcile her affection for the Grooves with her fierce love for her troubled mother. Lackey's compassionately drawn story ponders hope, grief, and found family, warming the heart while avoiding an overly neat conclusion. Ages 8 12.
Customer Reviews
Wise, complex, so enjoyable!
This book does an incredible job tying in deep and difficult thematic elements about real struggles many kids face, all while carrying it through a semi-magical and beautifully cozy world. Such a joy to both read and listen to!
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Hi I'm her sister the girl in the books sister and her name isn't really Sophia it's Somthing else