{"product_id":"getting-near-to-baby-isbn-9780698118928","title":"Getting Near to Baby","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Southern charmer for fans of Newbery Honor book \u003cu\u003eThree Times Lucky\u003c\/u\u003e by Sheila Turnage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAudrey Couloumbis's masterful debut novel brings to mind Karen Hesse, Katherine Paterson, and Betsy Byars's \u003cu\u003eThe Summer of the Swans\u003c\/u\u003e—it is a story you will never forget. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilla Jo and Little Sister are up on the roof at Aunt Patty’s house. Willa Jo went up to watch the sunrise, and Little Sister followed, like she always does. But by mid-morning, they are still up on that roof, and soon it’s clear it wasn’t just the sunrise that brought them there. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trouble is, coming down would mean they’d have to explain, and they just can’t find the words. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a funny, sometimes heartbreaking, story about sisters, about grief, and about healing.  Two girls must come to terms with the death of their baby sister, their mother’s unshakable depression, and the ridiculously controlling aunt who takes them in and means well but just doesn’t understand children. Willa Jo has to try and make things right in their new home, but she and Aunt Patty keep butting heads. Until the morning the two girls climb up to the roof of her house. Aunt Patty tries everything she can think of to get them down, but in the end, the solution is miraculously simple.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Newbery Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ALA Notable Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA School Library Journal Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAudrey Couloumbis was born in Illinois. Her book \u003cu\u003eGetting Near to Baby\u003c\/u\u003e was awarded a Newbery Honor in 2000.\u003cb\u003eThings don't feel right here.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI want to open my eyes in the morning to see my very own wallpaper with the tiny blue flowers and pink rosebuds. Aunt Patty does not believe in putting up wallpaper, not even in the bathroom. She says mold grows behind it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI want Mom to read to us for an hour before bedtime, all of us in a clump like alligators in the sun so we can all look at the pictures together. Aunt Patty tucks us into bed before it is even full dark. We want our mom. We're worried about her having to sleep all alone. We worry that she doesn't eat right, now that she doesn't have us to feed. We miss her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI hear Aunt Patty's bossy voice, rousing Uncle Hob out of his bed. She's telling him he has to come outside to order us down. Or to plead with us, whichever he thinks will work. That sad feeling I have hardens into a mad feeling and I don't think I'll ever get down off this roof. I'll stay here till kingdom comes.","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301749510373,"sku":"NP9780698118928","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780698118928_6692ff43-4bbc-4cf7-a037-eadeb2986d92.jpg?v=1742924980","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/getting-near-to-baby-isbn-9780698118928","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}