Sunny days inside and other stories / Caroline Adderson.
"When the "grownup virus" hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings. And they survive brilliantly, each in their own way. Twin boys throw themselves into an independent research assignment on prehistoric people and embrace their own devolution. A budding track star is encouraged to run laps on his balcony by a neighbor who has a secret crush on him. A classroom troublemaker reaches out to a teacher when his own father begins to exhibit signs of mental illness. A young entrepreneur saves himself and his hairdresser mother from financial collapse by renting out the family dog. And a girl finds a way to communicate with her hearing-impaired neighbor so that they can spy on the rest of the building. The stories follow the course of the pandemic, from the early measures through lockdown, as the kids in the building observe the stresses on the adults around them and use their own quirky kid ingenuity to come up with ways to make their lives better. Funny, poignant and wise, this book will long outlive even the pandemic."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781773065724
- ISBN: 1773065726
- Physical Description: 167 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: Toronto ; Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Apartment 4A, Sunny days inside -- Apartment 2D, How to be a cave family -- Apartments 3D & 4B, Reo & Juliet -- Apartment 3C, I like your tie -- Apartment 1C, The entrepreneur's bible -- Apartments 2A & 2C, The two Harriets -- Apartment 3A, The incredible escaping bra man -- Imagine. |
Target Audience Note: | 710L Lexile |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic formats. |
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Genre: | Short stories. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cambria County Library | jF Add (Text) | 85131001829952 | CACM Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | J Fiction Adderson (Text) | 33223008699653 | Children's Fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | j (Text) | 33062009499691 | Juv Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"When the "grownup virus" hits, kids who live in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings. And they survive brilliantly, each in their own way. Twin boys throw themselves into an independent research assignment on prehistoric people and embrace their own devolution. A budding track star is encouraged to run laps on his balcony by a neighbor who has a secret crush on him. A classroom troublemaker reaches out to a teacher when his own father begins to exhibit signs of mental illness. A young entrepreneur saves himself and his hairdresser mother from financial collapse by renting out the family dog. And a girl finds a way to communicate with her hearing-impaired neighbor so that they can spy on the rest of the building. The stories follow the course of the pandemic, from the early measures through lockdown, as the kids in the building observe the stresses on the adults around them and use their own quirky kid ingenuity to come up with ways to make their lives better. Funny, poignant and wise, this book will long outlive even the pandemic."--