The Space Between Lost and Found
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2.0 • 1 Rating
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
From the acclaimed author of Extraordinary Birds, a powerful story about family, friendship, and the light that can be found even in the darkest of places.
Cassie's always looked up to her mom, a vibrant woman bursting with grand ideas. Together they planned to check off every dream on their think-big bucket list, no matter how far the adventures took them. The future seemed unlimited.
But then came the diagnosis, and Mom started to lose her memories. Even the ones Cassie thought she'd never forget. Even Cassie's name.
Cassie tries her hardest to keep Mom happy . . . to focus on math lessons and come up with art ideas that used to burst off her pen. But as Mom's memories dimmed, so did Cassie's inspiration. She's even pushed away Bailey, the one friend who could help make things okay.
So, Cassie decides to take action. It's time for one last adventure… even if it means taking a big risk to get there.
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Cassie Rodrigues's adventurous mother was the vital heart of her family, always singing and making grand plans. Now that she has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, she's childlike, unpredictable, and unable to remember Cassie's name. Cassie's father wants to keep her mom indoors to protect her, but Cassie, an artist, knows that Mom, who "has always loved being outside and going places," needs to walk in the canyon near their Santa Fe home and do the things that bring her joy. Though the fifth grader has pulled back from her best friend Bailey, she enlists Bailey's help to take her mother on one last adventure secretly achieving her mom's lifelong dream to swim with dolphins in San Diego before she's moved to a care facility. The moving narrative gives readers a sense of the condition's advancement through Cassie's memories of her mother, pre-Alzheimer's. Though Cassie's endless patience with her mother's behavior at times strains credulity, it shows the depth of her love amid the disease's realities, convincingly portrayed alongside the heartbreaking loss that Cassie and her father experience. Ages 8 11.
