deeply satisfying, variously inclusive journey with a wonderfully flawed main character.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review 'With timely, important anecdotes that ring painfully true, Firestone cuts to the heart of the damage that dress coding can inflict. A deeply, often scathingly honest work of modern fiction.' - School Library Journal, starred review Straight fire.' - Booklist, starred review Absolutely necessary for tweens and teens. A triumphant ending shows how systemic change can be made when girls stand together. 'Timely, engaging, and full of heart.' - Kirkus Reviews, starred review 'A much-needed reminder that certain fights are worth fighting, that while bears of all types may prowl unsettlingly close, fear can be faced down and victories achieved, especially with strength in numbers.' - The New York Times

Really big issues in life.and death.A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year

To be tied up, gives a different perspective to the idea of aĪ book to make you laugh, to make you cry and to consider the TheĪcknowledgement that life often provides us with loose ends, which need Each passenger has to face their own demons andįind a path in life which helps them through this difficult time. To say good-bye in a whirlwind summer shaped by love, loss, and the Is on the brink of losing Gram, and she struggles to find the strength But despite the copious laughter, headiness ofįirst love, and wonder of the glamorous destinations, Maddie knows she Many luxuries, gets even closer to her quirky family, and falls for She finds newįriends in her fellow Wishwellians, takes advantage of the trip's The Wishwell determined to make every moment count. With a promise to live in the now without regrets, Maddie boards 'death with dignity' a fictional Dignitas at sea. The chance to live life to the full, but enables them to have TheĬruise ship is The Wishwell and it provides its' passengers with She's taking her entire family on a round-the-world cruise ofĭreams come true-but at the end, Gram won't be returning home.

Then herīeloved grandmother drops two bombshells: (1) Gram is dying. High school 'loose ends' alongside her best friends. Maddie has big plans to spend the last months before college tying up It's a summer for first love, last wishes, and letting go. APA style: Firestone, Carrie: The Loose Ends List.

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The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone