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The Wild Girls

By Pat Murphy

By Pat Murphy

By Pat Murphy

By Pat Murphy

By Pat Murphy
Read by Coleen Marlo

By Pat Murphy
Read by Coleen Marlo

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Oct 16, 2008 | ISBN 9780142412459 | Young Adult

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Oct 16, 2008 | ISBN 9781101042762 | Young Adult

Audiobook Download $17.50

Oct 09, 2007 | 418 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About The Wild Girls

    It?s 1972. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called ?Fox,? and lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods. The two girls start writing their own stories together, and when one wins first place in a student contest, they find themselves recruited for a summer writing class taught by the equally unusual Verla Volante. The Wild Girls brilliantly explores friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers.

    About The Wild Girls

    It?s 1972. Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called ?Fox,? and lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods. The two girls start writing their own stories together, and when one wins first place in a student contest, they find themselves recruited for a summer writing class taught by the equally unusual Verla Volante. The Wild Girls brilliantly explores friendship, the power of story, and how coming of age means finding your own answers.

    About The Wild Girls

    Twelve-year-old Joan is sure that she is going to hate her new home–but almost right away she finds a kindred spirit.

    “You’re lucky I didn’t just start throwing rocks at you. I can hide in the trees and nail a kid with a rock from thirty feet away.” That’s Sarah, who prefers to be called “Fox,” who lives with her writer father in a rundown house in the middle of the woods–near Joan’s suburb, but it feels like a totally different world.

    Joan and Sarah–Newt and Fox–spend all their spare time outside, and soon start writing stories together. When they win a contest, they’re recruited for a summer writing class taught by a free spirit named Verla Volante. “Verla said that you need to open a door so that people can walk into your world. . . . To do that, you have to pay attention.”

    The Wild Girls     is about friendship, the power of story, and how growing up means finding your own answers–rather than simply taking adults on faith.

    About Pat Murphy

    Pat Murphy has won numerous awards for her science fiction and fantasy writing, including the Nebula Award for The Falling Woman, the Philip K. Dick Award for Points of Departure, and the World Fantasy Award for Bones. She is also… More about Pat Murphy

    About Pat Murphy

    Pat Murphy has won numerous awards for her science fiction and fantasy writing, including the Nebula Award for The Falling Woman, the Philip K. Dick Award for Points of Departure, and the World Fantasy Award for Bones. She is also… More about Pat Murphy

    About Pat Murphy

    Pat Murphy has won numerous awards for her science fiction and fantasy writing, including the Nebula Award for The Falling Woman, the Philip K. Dick Award for Points of Departure, and the World Fantasy Award for Bones. She is also… More about Pat Murphy

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Speak
    Oct 16, 2008 | 304 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780142412459

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Speak
    Oct 16, 2008 | 272 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781101042762

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Listening Library
    Oct 09, 2007 | 418 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780739356678

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