All the Impossible Things
By Lindsay Lackey
New York: Roaring Book Press, 2019*
*This book is being released in Sept. - it was was reviewed as an advanced reader's copy.
Have you ever thought that something was so difficult and
frustrating and so nearly IMPOSSIBLE to complete? Have you moved to a new area
and had to make new friends? Let me introduce
you to 11- yr old Ruby “Red” Byrd. Red
is in foster care (after the death of Gramma and her Mom got sent to prison for
drugs) and she can’t seem to find a place to call home. When Ruby goes to live with Jackson and
Celine things are beginning to look better. She finds happiness and comfort
with the animals of the Groovy Petting Zoo and even meets/ becomes friends with
the boy down the road, Marvin. When her
mom re-enters her life Ruby wants nothing more than for her mom to prove to the
judge that she is fit to take care of her daughter once again, or so Ruby
thought. As she spends more time with
Jackson and Celine, a new definition of ‘family’ and what it is like to be
loved slowly emerges. Is it wrong to want a life where she isn’t living with her
mom?Will she ever find a place to call
home? Sometimes impossible decisions have to be made.
This is a loving, heart-wrenching, and heartwarming story of
made families and finding a place where you belong.
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