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Children's Fiction Paranormal

Impossible Things

by (author) Robin Stevenson

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Initial publish date
Apr 2008
Category
Paranormal, Friendship, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551437361
    Publish Date
    Apr 2008
    List Price
    $8.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554694839
    Publish Date
    Apr 2008
    List Price
    $0.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 9 to 12
  • Grade: 4 to 7
  • Reading age: 9 to 12

Description

Cassidy Silver is not having a good year. Her engineer father is in the Middle East, her artist mother is too busy to listen to the painful details of her daughter's grade seven life, her genius younger brother is being bullied, and her best friend Chiaki has abandoned her to hang out with the meanest girls in school. Then Cassidy meets Victoria, who is telekinetic—she can move objects with her mind. Cassidy, desperate to not be the only ordinary person in her family, thinks learning telekinesis could be the answer to all her problems. But is Victoria telling the truth? And is telekinesis really the solution?

About the author

Robin Stevenson is the award-winning author of more than 25 books for kids and teens, including the board book Pride Colors, the picture book Ghost’s Journey: A Refugee Story and the nonfiction books Kid Activists and Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle. The first edition of her nonfiction book Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community (2016) won a Stonewall Honor and was shortlisted for numerous other awards. Robin lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where she attends Pride celebrations with her family every year, but always leaves her dog safely at home.

 

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Chocolate Lily nominee
  • Short-listed, SYRCA Diamond Willow nominee
  • Commended, CCBC Best Books
  • Commended, Resource Links "The Year's Best"

Excerpt: Impossible Things (by (author) Robin Stevenson)

It felt good to laugh with someone. Actually, it felt better than good. So probably I shouldn't wreck it by asking her if she'd done something in class…something impossible. Definitely I shouldn't. She'd just think I was nuts and that everyone was right about me.

Editorial Reviews

"A perfect selection to lift the spirits of the observers, the outcasts, and the creative individualists who find the road of adolescence a painful one."

VOYA

"[It] will appeal to adolescent girls, especially for those on the margins and who need more space. Recommended."

CM Magazine

"Compelling."

The Vancouver Sun

"This book had me hooked."

Resource Links

"Realistic fiction with a twist."

School Library Journal

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