Tracy Holczer

After 12-year-old Grace's mother's sudden death, Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she's never met; then she discovers clues in a mysterious treasure hunt that help her find her true home. Simultaneous eBook.

The Secret Hum of a Daisy

In the midst of the Vietnam War, a young girl struggles to embrace change.   Lucy can't wait for life to go back to normal, so she's over the moon when she learns her father is coming home early. It doesn't even matter that he's coming back "different."

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"After her brother goes missing in Afghanistan, twelve-year-old Juni sets out to break a family curse in hopes it will bring her brother safely home"--

Brave in the Woods

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"First published in the United States of America by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018" -- verso t.p.

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Twelve-year-old Grace and her mother have always been their own family, traveling from place to place like gypsies. But Grace wants to finally have a home all their own. Just when she thinks she's found it her mother says it's time to move again. Grace summons the courage to tell her mother how she really feels and will always regret that her last words to her were angry ones. After her mother's sudden death, Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she's never met. She can't imagine her mother would want her to stay with this stranger. Then Grace finds clues in a mysterious treasure hunt, just like the ones her mother used to send her on. Maybe it is her mother, showing her the way to her true home. Lyrical, poignant and fresh, The Secret Hum of a Daisy is a beautifully told middle grade tale with a great deal of heart.

"Grace and her mom have always had each other, traveling around just the two of them. But Grace wants more--she dreams of a place to call home. Just when she thinks they've found it, though, tragedy strikes. Grace is sent to live with her grandmother, who she's never met, in a town she's never visited. As she begins to learn more about her mother's family and her hometown, Grace starts noticing signs of her mother almost everywhere she looks. And so she sets off on a treasure hunt, sure that her mother is sending clues to show her the way home. But where can home be for someone who has never really had one?" -- Page [4] cover.

Critically acclaimed Tracy Holczer returns with a heartrending tale about a girl descended from the Grimm brothers who sets out to break what she thinks is a family curse. Twelve-year-old Juni is convinced her family is cursed. Long ago, her ancestors, the Grimm Brothers, offended a witch who cursed them and their descendants to suffer through their beloved fairy tales over and over again--to be at the mercy of extreme luck, both good and bad. Juni fears any good luck allotted to her family she used up just by being born, so when she wakes up in the middle of the night with the horrible feeling like antlers are growing from her head, she knows something is wrong. The next day she learns her older brother Connor has gone missing during his tour in Afghanistan. Her family begins grieving his loss in their own ways but Juni can't help but believe that his disappearance means the family curse has struck again. Juni is convinced the only way to bring her brother home is to break the family curse and so she sets out on a quest to do just that. From Charlotte Huck honoree Tracy Holczer comes a stunning new novel about the power of stories, the enormity of grief, and the brilliancy of hope.

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