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"Raised in a Washington D.C. monastery, Bicycle is an unusual girl who absolutely does not want to go to camp and learn how to make friends. Instead, Bicycle takes off on a cross-country quest to meet her idol, a famous cyclist, and on her journey discovers much about herself and, most unexpectedly, friendship." - Seira Wilson, Amazon EditorSelected for the 2019-2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master ListA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA determined 12-year-old girl bikes across the country in this quirky and charming debut middle grade novel.Introverted Bicycle has lived most of her life at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. When her guardian, Sister Wanda, announces that Bicycle is going to attend a camp where she will learn to make friends, Bicycle says no way and sets off on her bike for San Francisco to meet her idol, a famous cyclist, certain he will be her first true friend. Who knew that a ghost would haunt her handlebars and that she would have to contend with bike-hating dogs, a bike-loving horse, bike-crushing pigs, and a mysterious lady dressed in black. Over the uphills and downhills of her journey, Bicycle discovers that friends are not such a bad thing to have after all, and that a dozen cookies really can solve most problems.A Junior Library Guild selection!
About the Author
Christina Uss is a book-loving, sleep-loving, food-loving part-sloth part-human who can't believe her good luck to also have become a published author. She's biked across the United States twice, once widthwise and once lengthwise, and currently lives in and bikes around Massachusetts with her twins. She believes wholeheartedly in the Power of Nice.Christina's books focus on fun. She'd like to inspire her readers to feel that our world is unexpectedly, wonderfully weird and adventures are waiting just around the next corner, the same way she kept her eyes peeled for golden tickets and phantom tollbooths when she was a kid.
