A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin

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Hattie reflects that Leila probably does not have many chances to make friends.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 02:01:32 Boxid IA40063106 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Martin 4.07 14,972 ratings1,372 reviews Hattie Owen enjoys peaceful Millerton summertimes with houses nodding in the heavy air, being in charge of Miss Hagerty's breakfast tray at her parents' boardinghouse, and drinking lemonade on the porch after supper. Leila gives Hattie a behind-the-scenes tour of a lifetime. 1, 2002 In July of 1960, just as she is turning 12, Hattie Owen’s quiet, solitary summeroccupied with books, the various residents of her parents’ boarding house, small errands about town, and avoiding her grandmotheris disrupted, bringing a loss of a kind of innocence and a look at the wide. Hattie tells Leila about her family and the boardinghouse. Leila and her younger brother Lamar are in correspondence school.

Hattie is initially overwhelmed by shyness and can hardly speak, but Leila tells her all about life in the carnival-how they travel through the northern states in the summer and the southern states in the winter. All from 0.99 New Books from 4.15 Used Books from 0.99 Rare Books from 15. Now that her Uncle Adams 'school'-an institution for the mentally disabled-is closing, Hatties family must deal with a childlike young man whose existence theyve denied for years. Leila’s family works in the carnival: Her mom is Pretzel Woman, her dad runs the Ferris wheel, and her uncle is Fred Carmel, the owner. Martins 2003 Newbery Honor book is available in paperback. Hattie returns for two more days before she and the girl, Leila, finally connect.

Hattie spots the girl selling tickets to the sideshow, but when Hattie overhears a woman call it the “freak” show, she thinks of Adam’s reaction to Nancy’s cruelty and does not buy a ticket. Hattie, still thinking about the girl who spoke to them at the carnival, returns there the next day instead of taking her usual walk. Ann Martins phenomenal Newbery Honor book, now in paperback The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam.

A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin