Cammie McGovern

John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern's insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite of them. Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized. When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.

Say What You Will

Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes and learning to forgive. The New York Times Book Review raved: “This is a beautiful, big-hearted book with important lessons embedded in compelling stories of two irresistible girls. Expertly executed and movingly realized.” Emily has always been the kind of girl who tries to do the right thing—until one night when she does the worst thing possible. She sees Belinda, a classmate with developmental disabilities, being attacked. Inexplicably, she does nothing at all. Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. Soon, Lucas and Emily begin to feel like maybe they’re starting to make a real difference. Like they would be able to do the right thing, if they could do that night all over again. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most? Told in alternating points of view, A Step Toward Falling is a poignant, hopeful, and altogether stunning work that will appeal to fans of books by Jennifer Niven, Robyn Schneider, and Jandy Nelson.

A Step Toward Falling

Amy loves Matthew and he loves her back. This is their story. Amy is unflinchingly honest about her limitations. Born with cerebral palsy, she can’t walk or talk without help. But trapped inside this uncooperative body lies a brilliant mind and a luminous spirit – a girl capable of truly loving and worthy of being loved in return. Matthew has his own set of challenges – a mind consumed by unwanted repeated thoughts, obsessive rituals and a crippling fear that he can't explain. But underneath all of the anxiety lies a deep seed of hope for someone to come along who believes in him... This is the story of Amy and Matthew. It may not be a fairy tale romance or set in an imagined world far from our own. But the love they share is real. And yes, there's magic in it.

A Love Story

Amy and Matthew

In the aftermath of a child's shocking murder, the mother of the only witness, an autistic boy, struggles to work through her son's trauma and his communication disabilities in order to help the police to solve the case. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

Eye Contact

Critically acclaimed author Cammie McGovern's middle grade debut is a powerful and heartwarming story that will appeal to readers who loved R. J. Palacio's Wonder, Ann M. Martin's Rain Reign, and Holly Sloan's Counting by 7s. Fourth grade is not going at all how Benny Barrows hoped. He hasn't found a new best friend. He's still not a great bike rider—even though his brother George, who's autistic, can do tricks. And worst of all, he worries his dad's recent accident might be all his fault. Benny tries to take his mom's advice and focus on helping others, and to take things one step at a time. But when his dad ends up in the hospital again, Benny doesn't know how he and his family will overcome all the bad luck that life seems to have thrown their way. Just My Luck is a deeply moving and rewarding novel about a down-on-his-luck boy whose caring heart ultimately helps him find the strength to cope with tragedy and realize how much he truly has to offer his friends and family.

Just My Luck

A heartfelt companion novel to the critically acclaimed Chester and Gus about inclusivity, autism, friendship, and family, perfect for fans of Sara Pennypacker and Kate DiCamillo. After being separated from his family, Franklin becomes an independent cat, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester. Chester is a service dog to his person, a boy named Gus, and Chester knows just the girl to be Franklin's person--Gus's classmate, Amelia. Amelia loves cats, but has a harder time with people. Franklin understands her, though, and sees how much they have in common. When Amelia gets into some trouble at school, Franklin wants to help the girl who's done so much to help him. He's not sure how, yet, but he's determined to try. This sweet and moving novel demonstrates how powerful the bond between pets and people can be, while thoughtfully depicting a neurodivergent tween's experience.

Frankie and Amelia

Just Breathe

Critically acclaimed author Cammie McGovern presents a heartwarming and humorous middle grade novel about the remarkable bond that forms between an aspiring service dog and an autistic boy in need of a friend. “Joyful, inspiring, and completely winning, Chester and Gus is unforgettable,” proclaimed Katherine Applegate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Medal winner The One and Only Ivan. Chester has always wanted to become a service dog. When he fails his certification test, though, it seems like that dream will never come true—until a family adopts him. They want him to be a companion for their ten-year-old son, Gus, who has autism. But Gus acts so differently than anyone Chester has ever met. He never wants to pet Chester, and sometimes he doesn’t even want Chester in the room. Chester’s not sure how to help Gus since this isn’t exactly the job he trained for—but he’s determined to figure it out. Because after all, Gus is now his person. In the spirit of beloved classics like Because of Winn-Dixie, Shiloh, and Old Yeller, Cammie McGovern’s heartfelt novel—told from Chester’s point of view—explores the extraordinary friendship between a child and a dog with a poignant and modern twist.

Chester and Gus

A game-changing exploration of what the future holds for the first generation of mainstreamed neurodiverse kids that is coming of age. After sleepless nights, intensive research, and twenty-one years of raising a child, Ethan, with autism and intellectual disability, Cammie McGovern is approaching a distinct catch-22. Once Ethan turns twenty-two, he will fall off the "Disability Cliff." By aging out of the school system, he'll lose access to most social, educational, and vocational resources. The catch is this: These resources, limited as they may be, have trained Ethan in skills for jobs that don't exist and a life he can't have. Here, McGovern expands on her #1 New York Times piece, "Looking into the Future for a Child with Autism," a future that often appears grim, with statistics like an 85 percent unemployment rate for people with ID. McGovern spent a year traveling the country and looking at the options for work and housing--and to her surprise discovered reasons to be optimistic. She asks the tough questions: What should parents prioritize as they ready their children for adulthood? How do we redefine success for our children? How can we sustain a hopeful attitude while navigating one obstacle after another? As Ethan makes his way into the world, McGovern also looks into the hardest question of all: How can we ensure an independent future when we're gone? Hard Landings will serve as a renewed beacon of hope for parents who want to ensure the fullest life possible for their child's future.

Looking Into the Future for a Child With Autism

Hard Landings

Exonerated by DNA evidence 12 years after being convicted of murdering a neighbor, librarian Betsy Treading returns to her suburban community determined to salvage her life and find the true killer, an effort complicated by dangerous town secrets. By the author of Eye Contact.

A Novel

Neighborhood Watch

Kalbinden Geçeni Söyle

In this mesmerizing and intimate literary debut, McGovern chronicles the intertwined lives of sisters, from childhood through adulthood. Written by the sister of actress Elizabeth McGovern, this first novel is a masterfully crafted and absorbing statement about the nature of celebrity and visibility, and the powerful and enduring connection between sisters and families.

The Art of Seeing

A heartfelt companion novel to the critically acclaimed Chester and Gus about inclusivity, autism, friendship, and family, perfect for fans of Sara Pennypacker and Kate DiCamillo. After being separated from his family, Franklin becomes an independent cat, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester. Chester is a service dog to his person, a boy named Gus, and Chester knows just the girl to be Franklin’s person—Gus’s classmate, Amelia. Amelia loves cats, but has a harder time with people. Franklin understands her, though, and sees how much they have in common. When Amelia gets into some trouble at school, Franklin wants to help the girl who’s done so much to help him. He’s not sure how, yet, but he’s determined to try. This sweet and moving novel demonstrates how powerful the bond between pets and people can be, while thoughtfully depicting a neurodivergent tween’s experience.

Chester, a service dog, is adopted into a family where he becomes a companion to Gus, a ten-year-old boy with nonverbal autism, who initially challenges Chester by requiring a different kind of friendship.

Like The Lovely Bones and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Cammie McGovern’s breakout novel is at once a hypnotic thriller and an affecting portrait of people as real as our next-door neighbors. In Eye Contact, two children vanish in the woods behind their elementary school. Hours later, nine-year-old Adam is found alive, the sole witness to his playmate’s murder. But because Adam has autism, he is a silent witness. Only his mother, Cara, can help decode his behavior for the police. As the suspense ratchets, Eye Contact becomes a heart-stopping exploration of the bond between a mother and a very special child.

Non ci sono stati spari, né grida. Eppure, nella bella villetta dipinta di beige del quartiere residenziale di Juniper Lane, Linda Sue è stesa ai piedi delle scale, con la testa fracassata. Betsy Treading, la sua vicina di casa, è accanto al corpo, con la camicia da notte sporca di sangue. Betsy soffre di sonnambulismo. Non sa perché si è risvegliata lì, né come ci è arrivata. Soprattutto, non sa cosa sia successo a Linda Sue. Per la polizia è molto facile accusarla dell'omicidio. Dodici anni dopo, Betsy esce di prigione. Ancora non sa chi abbia davvero ucciso Linda Sue, ma è determinata a scoprirlo. Perché Betsy non aveva nessun motivo per ucciderla, era sua amica. Ma ai tempi del processo tutti, compreso il suo avvocato, hanno preferito credere che fosse stata semplicemente colta da un raptus di follia. Le prove schiaccianti e l'inspiegabile silenzio dei vicini di casa l'avevano condannata, senza possibilità di appello. Durante tutti quei lunghi anni di carcere solo una persona le è rimasta accanto, Marianne, che viveva proprio nella villetta di fianco. Ed è proprio da lei che Betsy si rifugia per capire cosa c'è dietro quell'orribile delitto che è sicura di non aver commesso. Troppe sono le tessere del puzzle che non combaciano. E dietro le aiuole ordinate e le facciate dipinte di fresco delle villette si nascondono molte persone sospette, dal passato non proprio limpido. Come Geoffrey, un affascinante scrittore, o la stessa Marianne, ossessionata in maniera patologica dalla sicurezza e dalle ronde di quartiere. Betsy deve scoprire le loro vere facce. Solo così potrà riappropriarsi della sua vita spezzata. Besteller in USA, I segreti di Juniper Lane ha conquistato la stampa che ha consacrato Cammie McGovern come una delle migliori scrittrici di thriller degli ultimi anni. Sullo sfondo di un'atmosfera satura di elettricità, una storia di false apparenze e menzogna, di colpa e innocenza che lascerà senza fiato gli amanti della suspense.

I segreti di Juniper Lane

As a child, the flamboyant, brooding, and beautiful Rozzie was always the star of her family -- especially in her younger sister Jemma's eyes. So when Rozzie takes up acting and, as a teenager, wins a part in a major motion picture, life changes irrevocably for both sisters. Rozzie is catapulted into the chaotic adult world of celebrity while Jemma travels to movie sets and relishes her sister's fame -- never seeing the strain that the spotlight puts on Rozzie. Soon Jemma develops her own artistic ambitions as a photographer, and Rozzie is forced to reveal the secret she has kept from her family for years -- a rare eye condition that threatens her vision. Only then does Jemma begin to see the truth about her sister and herself -- a reality that threatens the delicate balance of their relationship. A moving and profound story about family, celebrity, envy, and ultimately love, The Art of Seeing is a brilliant exploration of the powerful and enduring connection between sisters.

Die Geschichte einer großen Liebe, die sich gegen alle Widerstände behauptet Die 17-jährige Amy ist ein besonderes Mädchen. Sie kann nicht sprechen und nicht ohne Hilfe laufen. Aber sie ist unglaublich klug und wahnsinnig hübsch – zumindest in den Augen ihres Klassenkameraden Matthew, der auch nicht so ist wie die anderen. Vor allem mit Nähe hat Matthew ein Problem. Doch genau die sucht Amy, die genug davon hat, wie ein rohes Ei behandelt zu werden. Im letzten Jahr der Highschool beschließt sie, dass das Leben jetzt beginnen muss. Und sie verliebt sich in den sensiblen Matthew. Dann aber begeht sie auf dem Abschlussball einen verhängnisvollen Fehler und verletzt Matthew zutiefst. Wird er ihr verzeihen?

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