3.5
Far from Fair
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Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren’t Fair. At the top of the list is her parents’ decision to take the family on the road in an ugly RV they’ve nicknamed the Coach. There’s nothing fair about leaving California and living in the cramped Coach with her parents and exasperating younger brother, sharing one stupid cell phone among the four of them. And there’s definitely nothing fair about what they find when they reach Grandma Sissy's house, hundreds of miles later. Most days it seems as if everything in Odette’s life is far from fair. Is there a way for her to make things right?
With warmth and sensitivity, Elana K. Arnold makes the difficult topics of terminal illness and the right to die accessible to young readers.
With warmth and sensitivity, Elana K. Arnold makes the difficult topics of terminal illness and the right to die accessible to young readers.
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“[3.5] In short: Far from Fair is a beautifully real story about keeping perspective and finding your voice. It follows Odette, an eleven-year-old with a chip on her shoulder. After her father quits his job, her parents decide to sell their family home and move in with Odette's grandmother. Leaving behind her best friend, and stuck in an RV to get across the country with her parents, little brother, and a new dog she doesn't want, Odette definitely isn't having the summer she dreamed of. She makes this very known, both internally and behaviorally; she's a brat. However, upon and after arriving on the doorstep of her cancer-stricken grandmother, Odette begins to gain perspective on the concept of fairness, and learns how to communicate her feelings on being wronged within the context of greater injustices. As always, Arnold did not disappoint!”
About Elana K. Arnold
ELANA K. ARNOLD completed her M.A. in Creative Writing/Fiction at the University of California, Davis. She grew up in Southern California, where she was lucky enough to have a family who let her read as many books as she wanted. She is the author of several young adult novels as well as the middle-grade novels The Question of Miracles and Far from Fair. She lives in Long Beach, California, with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of animals. Visit her website at www.elanakarnold.com.
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