The Secret Hum of a Daisy
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3.6 • 14 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Twelve-year-old Grace and her mother have always been their own family, traveling from place to place like gypsies. But Grace wants to finally have a home all their own. Just when she thinks she's found it her mother says it's time to move again. Grace summons the courage to tell her mother how she really feels and will always regret that her last words to her were angry ones.
After her mother's sudden death, Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she's never met. She can't imagine her mother would want her to stay with this stranger. Then Grace finds clues in a mysterious treasure hunt, just like the ones her mother used to send her on. Maybe it is her mother, showing her the way to her true home.
Lyrical, poignant and fresh, The Secret Hum of a Daisy is a beautifully told middle grade tale with a great deal of heart.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a lovely and captivating debut, Holczer crafts a tender story of an orphaned girl left with a grandmother she resents in a town that holds the secrets of her family's past. Twelve-year-old Grace is no stranger to new places: her wayward, artistic mother seemed to uproot them every few months without explanation. After Grace's mother dies in a drowning accident, Grace is expected to move in with a grandmother she doesn't know or trust, as she struggles to understand the loss of her mother, discover her family's history, and follow a trail of clues she's certain her mother left for her. Holczer writes with depth, heart, and a poetic lilt ("I shivered in my sleeping bag, feeling the chill of the river, and wondered if my dreams were bringing me one piece of Mama's death at a time"), making readers feel the same longing ache as Grace. Despite a lack of suspenseful or action-packed scenes, Grace's story and Holczer's nuanced characters engage from beginning to end. Ages 10 up.
Customer Reviews
Wonderful
A wonderful book filled with marvelous wisdom and life-changing characters. It warmed my heart and makes the reader see that even the saddest moments of our lives can bring love, growth and understanding