Listen! by Stephanie S. Tolan
	List Price:   $15.99 Unit Price:   $12.79 You Save:   $3.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0060579358 ISBN-13:   9780060579357 Publisher:   HarperCollins Category:   Beginning Readers Pub. Date:   April 2006 Pages:   197 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   10 to 14 Grades:   5 to 9
Description/Notes
Recovering from the accident that shattered her leg is nowhere near as difficult as facing the solitude of a summer with a father who does nothing but work since her mother's death. For Charley, the summer holds a surprise in the form of a mysterious dog she connects with in the woods. Learning to walk again is the easy part. For twelve-year-old Charley, recovering from the accident that shattered her leg is nowhere near as difficult as facing the solitude of a summer without her best friend and with a father who does nothing, now, but work. Solitude means time to think, time to hear for the first time the awful silence left in her world two years ago by her mother's death. But the summer holds a surprise for Charley, in the form of a mysterious dog who appears in the woods across the lake from her home. In order to connect with this wild spirit she names Coyote, Charley will have to do more than just walk. She will have to follow Coyote into the heart of her memories: the woods her mother loved so much. And she will have to learn to listen past the silence. This unsentimental, unforgettable story comes straight from the heart of Newbery Honor author Stephanie S. Tolan. As she describes Charley's difficult emotional and physical journey, she weaves together themes of nature, family, and love into a complex and powerful portrait of recovery. During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier.