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Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer5/28/2023 ![]() Written in beautiful free verse, Reaching for Sun will connect with readers of all ages. This is a beautiful and moving story about friendship and family. Josie and Jordan both have family issues that cause them to turn to each other for support. "Josie's strength shines as she handles sadness and loss as well as recovery and progress. He lives in the new subdivision behind Josie’s house. "Like taking slow bites from a piece of homemade lemon pie-sharp sweet and honest." Tracie lives outside Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two children. She is also the creator of more than 80 teacher's guides for numerous publishers and has published poetry books as well as the novel Reaching for Sun. ![]() TRACIE VAUGHN ZIMMER has worked as a special education teacher and reading specialist. Inspired by the riverboat circuses of the nineteenth century, it also brings little known historical facts to life. This is a memorable tale of prejudice, race, and the relationships that transcend them. But it's the menace of slave catchers that poses the greatest danger of all, and that will put Owen's loyalty to Solomon and Little Bet to the test. ![]() ![]() A brush with yellowfever in New Orleans and a devastating storm threaten the boat and its crew. ![]() But then a free black man named Solomon offers to take him on as an assistant animal keeper, and Owen discovers a family among the ragtag members of the circus-including a young elephant named Little Bet. In 1852 Ohio, twelve-year-old Owen steals aboard a floating circus called the River Palace, with nothing more in mind than catching a little of the show. ![]()
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