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Touch Blue and your wish will come true."Why take chances?" says eleven-year-old Tess Brooks. "Especially when its so easy to let the universe know what you want by touching blue or turning around three times or crossing your fingers."But Tess is coming to know that its not always that simple.The state of Maine plans to shut down her islands schoolhouse, which would force Tesss family to move to the mainland--and Tess to leave the only home she has ever known. Fortunately, the islanders have a plan too: increase the numbers of students by having several families take in foster children. So now Tess and her family are taking a chance on Aaron, a thirteen-year-old trumpet player who has been bounced from home to home. And Tess needs a plan of her own--and all the luck she can muster. Will Tesss wish come true or will her luck run out?Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord offers a warm-hearted, humorous, and thoughtful look at what it means to belong--and how lucky we feel when we do. Touch Blue, sure as certain, will touch your heart.Honors for Touch Blue: 2011 Lupine Award, Maine Library Association. 2011 Maine Literary Award, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. 2010 Best Books For Children, Christian Science Monitor. Best Childrens Books of 2010, Book Page. Best Childrens Books of the Year (2011) , Bank Street College (starred for outstanding merit) Editors Pick, Adoptive Families magazine.Nominated for: Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (Vermont) Rhode Island Childrens Book Award Rhode Island Teen Book Award Indian Paintbrush Award (Wyoming) North Carolina Childrens Book Award The Charlotte Award (New York) Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award Horn Toad Tales, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Texas
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Children's book writer, seaglass collector, daydreamer, and the mother of two teenagers. You can find discussion guides for my books, interviews, links, goofy childhood photos, and more at my website: www.cynthialord.com
