Last spring, Pansy chickened out on going to spring break camp, even though sheโd promised her best friend, Anna, sheโd go. It was just like when they went to get their hair cut for Locks of Love; only one of them walked out with a new hairstyle, and it wasnโt Pansy. But Pansy never got the chance to make it up to Anna. While at camp, Anna contracted meningitis and a dangerously high fever, and she hasnโt been the same since. Now all Pansy wants is her best friend backโnot the silent girl in the wheelchair who has to go to a special school and who canโt do all the things Pansy used to chicken out of doing. So when Pansy discovers that Anna is getting a surgery that might cure her, Pansy realizes this is her chanceโsheโll become the friend she always should have been. Sheโll become the best friend Annaโs ever hadโeven if it means taking risks, trying new things (like those scary roller skates), and running herself ragged in the process.
Pansyโs chasing extraordinary, hoping she reaches it in time for her friendโs triumphant return. But what lies at the end of Pansyโs journey might not be exactly what she had expectedโor wanted.
Extraordinary is a heartfelt, occasionally funny, coming-of-age middle grade novel by debut author Miriam Spitzer Franklin. Itโs sure to appeal to fans of Cynthia Lordโs Rules and will inspire young friends to cherish the times they spend together. Every day should be lived like itโs extraordinary.
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