ABOUT THIS BOOK

"Austin's visit to his grandmother's is the first since Grandpa died. Austin notices Grandpa's things but feels the emptiness of his absence. This spare story vividly captures the emotions of painful times and shows how they ease with sharing and remembering. Boy and grandfather were close, but boy and grandmother seem destined to be just as close, with Grandpa's memory to bind them. Poignant and perceptive, this has impressive resonance, and readers won't easily shed its warm afterglow."--(starred) Booklist.  


REVIEWS

“Poignant and perceptive.”
–Booklist, Starred

“A sensitive, touching story.”
–School Library Journal, Starred
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From the Hardcover edition.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mavis Jukes is the award-winning author of several books for children and teenagers, including the Newbery Honor Book Like Jake and Me .  Her other titles include No One is Going to Nashville , Blackberries in the Dark , Getting Even , Wild Iris Bloom , and I'll See You in My Dreams .  Mavis taught school for several years -- and was a lawyer -- before becoming a children's book writer.  She volunteers as an attorney in the area of juvenile defense and is presently a language arts specialist in a public elementary school.

She lives with her husband, the artist Robert Hudson, and their teenage daughters in Sonoma County, California.  


AWARDS

WINNER 1985 - Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice
WINNER 1985 - School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
WINNER 1987 - Arkansas Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
NOMINEE 1988 - Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
WINNER 1987 - Kentucky Bluegrass Award
WINNER 1987 - Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award