Secrets Of The Cicada Summer by Andrea Beaty

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Andrea Beaty
• Title: Secrets Of The Cicada Summer
• Publisher: ‎ Amulet Books; First Edition (May 1, 2010)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Trade Paperback -167 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0810984199
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0810984196
• Reading age: ‎ 8 – 12 years
• Lexile measure: ‎ 840L
• Grade level: ‎ 3 – 7
• Item Weight: ‎ .50 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
• Book Condition: New / Like New – Excellent
• Cover Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

From a debut novelist, a heroine who will make you laugh, and will break your heart.

Eleven-year-old Lily has a passion for Nancy Drew stories and a secret she is keeping from those she loves. When summer brings lying, stealing, sneaky Tinny Bridges to town, Lily must be on her guard with this perceptive newcomer, or risk having her secret revealed. But Tinny won’t leave Lily alone. She takes candy from the general store and blames Lily. She tries to steal Lily’s friends and even her father’s affection. Then Tinny goes missing, and only watchful, mystery-loving Lily has any idea what happened to her. But for Lily, finding Tinny means confronting her hidden past.

Funny, poignant, and peopled with memorable characters, this first novel announces a writer of great warmth and talent.

About the Author:

Andrea Beaty was raised in a small southern Illinois town, where her family ran a tiny grocery store. When she wasn’t roaming the nearby fields with her brothers and sisters, she was reading Nancy Drew mysteries up in the branches of a maple tree.

Beaty now lives outside Chicago with her family. She is the author of When Giants Come to Play, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, and Iggy Peck, Architect, illustrated by David Roberts.