Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining (The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes #1) by Anne Mazer Date of Publication: 2000 ISBN: 0-439-14977-0 Number of Pages: 118

REQUIRED READING ABILITY: Junior: Average Intermediate: Low
GENRES: Realism
THEMES : Family - Appearance versus Reality –Coming of Age

SUMMARY:
Abby is tired of being the only person without a remarkable ability in her family. As she is just about to start fifth grade, she decides she will reinvent herself as a soccer star, and her journal entries outline her attempts. Can she find a way to shine in soccer…or will her constant misadventures and humourous attempts lead her to find her silver lining in an altogether different venue?

WHO WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK? A kid who...
- likes stories told with diary entries
- likes stories that feel “real”
- is a middle child
- feels unappreciated amongst talented siblings
- is into soccer
- likes to journal and draw
- enjoys feisty female heroines
- enjoys stories with humour

WHAT ELSE?
Anne Mazer is the daughter of writer Norma Fox Mazer, and has written some other books as well as the Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series.


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