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Contributor(s): Hyde, Catherine Ryan (Author)

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ISBN: 1503939448     ISBN-13: 9781503939448
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | African American - Historical
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" L (0.80 lbs) 364 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
Booklist 10/15/2016 pg. 22
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 84
 
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"Catherine Ryan Hyde delivers once again with this feel-good story guaranteed to be a hit..." --Redbook

On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African American father and son.

When Pete Solomon, a neglected twelve-year-old boy, and Justin bring a wounded wolf-dog hybrid to Dr. Lucy, the outcasts soon find refuge in one another. Lucy never thought she'd make connections again, never mind fall in love. Pete never imagined he'd find friends as loyal as Justin and the dog. But these four people aren't allowed to be friends, much less a family, when the whole town turns violently against them.

With heavy hearts, Dr. Lucy and Pete say goodbye to Calvin and Justin. But through the years they keep hope alive...waiting for the world to catch up with them.


Contributor Bio(s): Hyde, Catherine Ryan: - Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three published books. Her bestselling 1999 novel, Pay It Forward, adapted into a major Warner Bros. motion picture, made the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults list and was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Her novels Becoming Chloe and Jumpstart the World were included on the ALA's Rainbow List; Jumpstart the World was also a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won Rainbow Awards in two categories. The Language of Hoofbeats won a Rainbow Award. More than fifty of her short stories have been published in many journals, including the Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and the Sun, and in the anthologies Santa Barbara Stories and California Shorts, as well as the bestselling anthology Dog Is My Co-Pilot. Her short fiction received honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, a second-place win for the Tobias Wolff Award, and nominations for Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Three have also been cited in Best American Short Stories. Hyde is the founder and former president of the Pay It Forward Foundation. As a professional public speaker, she has addressed the National Conference on Education, twice spoken at Cornell University, met with AmeriCorps members at the White House, and shared a dais with Bill Clinton. An avid equestrian, photographer, and traveler, she lives in California.
 
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