Tiny Infinities (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781452163352)

When Alice's dad moves out, leaving her with her troubled mother, she does the only thing that feels right: she retreats to her family's old Renaissance tent in the backyard, determined to live there until her dad comes home. In an attempt to keep at least one part of her summer from changing, Alice focuses on her quest to swim freestyle fast enough to get on her swim team's record board. But summers contain multitudes, and soon Alice meets an odd new friend, Harriet, whose obsession with the school's science fair is equal only to her conviction that Alice's best stroke is backstroke, not freestyle. Most unexpected of all is an unusual babysitting charge, Piper, who is mute--until Alice hears her speak. A funny and honest middle-grade novel, this sharply observed depiction of family, friendship, and Alice's determination to prove herself--as a babysitter, as a friend, as a daughter, as a person--rings loud and true.

Author: J. H. Diehl
ISBN-10: 1452163359
ISBN-13: 9781452163352
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2018
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 195542 / Tiny Infinities


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2018
Booklist 04/15/2018 pg. 53
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2018
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2018
Foreword 04/26/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2018 - Recommended - Readable
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 pg. 73 - Recommended, Satisfactory