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Road Signs That Say West
Contributor(s): Gunnery, Sylvia (Author)
ISBN: 1772780235     ISBN-13: 9781772780239
Publisher: Pajama Press
OUR PRICE:   $10.76  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: May 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings
- Young Adult Fiction | Travel & Transportation - Car & Road Trips
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Suicide
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 600
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 216 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Left to house sit one summer while their parents are in Europe, three sisters set out on a cross-Canada road trip instead. Through near disasters, new acquaintances, and the revelation of close-kept secrets, the sisters' ties are by turns tested and strengthened.

It's Hanna's wild idea, of course: take their mom's car, pack up the tent, and drive across the country. Just three sisters, one guitar, and the Trans Canada Highway. They can be back in Nova Scotia before their parents are home from Europe. She doesn't say she wants to forget about what happened in Italy, and at university. Claire doesn't say she keeps having nightmares about her friend's recent suicide. Megan doesn't say much, unless it's a complaint. But maybe they all feel, somehow, that this is their one chance to do something together, something big, before time begins to scatter them.

With empathy and insight, Sylvia Gunnery writes an engaging summer read about three sisters navigating the difficult roads of adolescence, trauma, secrets, shame, and fear for the future.

Peopled with chance encounters and warmed with fireside heart-to-hearts, Road Signs that Say West is a compelling ride through real life.


Contributor Bio(s): Gunnery, Sylvia: - Sylvia Gunnery is the author of more than 20 books for teens and younger readers, including her YA novel Emily For Real. Out of Bounds was a Best Books for Kids & Teens Selection and was nominated for the Hackmatack Award. Sylvia presents widely at schools, libraries and festivals, and in 2016 she was the mentor at the first Writing on Fire teen writing retreat in Pugwash, NS.