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By Dianne Touchell

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By Dianne Touchell

By Dianne Touchell

By Dianne Touchell

By Dianne Touchell

By Dianne Touchell

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Feb 12, 2019 | 224 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12)

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    About Sticky Notes

    For fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, a touching story about the power of love and family in the face of a parent’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

    Foster Sumner is ten years old. He likes toy soldiers, tadpole hunting, going to school, and the beach. Best of all, he likes listening to his dad’s stories.

    But then Foster’s dad starts forgetting things. No one is too worried at first. Foster and Dad giggle about it. Dad goes out for milk and comes back with cat food, when the cat has been dead for five years. But then the forgetting gets worse. And suddenly no one is laughing anymore.

    A heartbreaking story about what it means to forget and to be forgotten, as well as the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s and the strong families behind those who suffer from it.

    “Heartbreakingly realistic.” —SLJ

    “Touchell presents honest, believable characters in this heart-wrenching account of one family’s attempt to cope with an unexpected life-altering event.” —Bulletin

    “Heartwarming, heartbreaking and honest…a great family read.” —The Monitor

    About Sticky Notes

    For fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, a touching story about the power of love and family in the face of a parent’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

    Foster Sumner is ten years old. He likes toy soldiers, tadpole hunting, going to school, and the beach. Best of all, he likes listening to his dad’s stories.

    But then Foster’s dad starts forgetting things. No one is too worried at first. Foster and Dad giggle about it. Dad goes out for milk and comes back with cat food, when the cat has been dead for five years. But then the forgetting gets worse. And suddenly no one is laughing anymore.

    A heartbreaking story about what it means to forget and to be forgotten, as well as the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s and the strong families behind those who suffer from it.

    “Heartbreakingly realistic.” —SLJ

    “Touchell presents honest, believable characters in this heart-wrenching account of one family’s attempt to cope with an unexpected life-altering event.” —Bulletin

    “Heartwarming, heartbreaking and honest…a great family read.” —The Monitor

    About Sticky Notes

    For fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, a touching story about the power of love and family in the face of a parent’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

    Foster Sumner is ten years old. He likes toy soldiers, tadpole hunting, going to school, and the beach. Best of all, he likes listening to his dad’s stories.

    But then Foster’s dad starts forgetting things. No one is too worried at first. Foster and Dad giggle about it. Dad goes out for milk and comes back with cat food, when the cat has been dead for five years. But then the forgetting gets worse. And suddenly no one is laughing anymore.

    A heartbreaking story about what it means to forget and to be forgotten, as well as the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s and the strong families behind those who suffer from it.

    “Heartbreakingly realistic.” —SLJ

    “Touchell presents honest, believable characters in this heart-wrenching account of one family’s attempt to cope with an unexpected life-altering event.” —Bulletin

    “Heartwarming, heartbreaking and honest…a great family read.” —The Monitor

    About Sticky Notes

    For fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, a touching story about the power of love and family in the face of a parent’s early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

    Foster Sumner is ten years old. He likes toy soldiers, tadpole hunting, going to school, and the beach. Best of all, he likes listening to his dad’s stories.

    But then Foster’s dad starts forgetting things. No one is too worried at first. Foster and Dad giggle about it. Dad goes out for milk and comes back with cat food, when the cat has been dead for five years. But then the forgetting gets worse. And suddenly no one is laughing anymore.

    A heartbreaking story about what it means to forget and to be forgotten, as well as the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s and the strong families behind those who suffer from it.

    “Heartbreakingly realistic.” —SLJ

    “Touchell presents honest, believable characters in this heart-wrenching account of one family’s attempt to cope with an unexpected life-altering event.” —Bulletin

    “Heartwarming, heartbreaking and honest…a great family read.” —The Monitor

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    About Dianne Touchell

    Dianne Touchell was born and raised in Fremantle, Western Australia. She has worked as a fry cook, a nightclub singer, a housekeeper, a bookseller, and manager of a construction company. Sometimes she has time to write books for young people,… More about Dianne Touchell

    About Dianne Touchell

    Dianne Touchell was born and raised in Fremantle, Western Australia. She has worked as a fry cook, a nightclub singer, a housekeeper, a bookseller, and manager of a construction company. Sometimes she has time to write books for young people,… More about Dianne Touchell

    About Dianne Touchell

    Dianne Touchell was born and raised in Fremantle, Western Australia. She has worked as a fry cook, a nightclub singer, a housekeeper, a bookseller, and manager of a construction company. Sometimes she has time to write books for young people,… More about Dianne Touchell

    About Dianne Touchell

    Dianne Touchell was born and raised in Fremantle, Western Australia. She has worked as a fry cook, a nightclub singer, a housekeeper, a bookseller, and manager of a construction company. Sometimes she has time to write books for young people,… More about Dianne Touchell

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Yearling
    Feb 12, 2019 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524765514

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $16.99
    Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Feb 20, 2018 | 224 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524765484

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Feb 20, 2018 | 224 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524765491

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books | Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Feb 20, 2018 | 224 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9781524765507

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    “Heartbreakingly realistic.”—School LIbrary Journal

    “Touchell presents honest, believable characters in this heart-wrenching account of one family’s attempt to cope with an unexpected life-altering event. Foster’s naïveté makes him sympathetic to young readers.” —Bulletin

    “Heartwarming, heartbreaking and honest…a great family read.” —The Monitor

    “Touchell’s sentences are worth studying, a reminder of the power of a well-chosen word.”—Middle Grade Mafioso

    “Spot on…Sumner’s actions and reactions get to the heart of a ten-year-old.” —Kiss the Book Reviews

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