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Touch Blue and your wish will come true. "Why take chances?" says eleven-year-old Tess Brooks. "Especially when it’s so easy to let the universe know what you want by touching blue or turning around three times or crossing your fingers." But Tess is coming to know that it’s not always... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Aaron: thirteen-year-old trumpet player in foster care
- Tess Brooks: eleven year old girl whose best friend moved away and who fears she will have to leave her home and the life she knows and loves
- Mrs. Coombs: Add a description of this character.
- Natalie: The social worker in charge of Aaron.
- Eben Calder: bully
- Grace: Foster kid in other household
- Reverend Beal: Sees adding foster kids to the island as a way to add to school enrollment and save their local school and keep more families from moving away while also helping needy foster kids.
- Ned: Tess's uncle
- Jacob
- Ms. Spinney
- Mrs. Ellis
- Doris Varney
- Amy: Tess's best friend who moved away and has not written to Tess.
- Kate Brooks: Tess's mom.
- Ben Phipps
- Libby Brooks: Tess' five year old sister
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
The ferry's coming!" High on the cliffs, my five-year-old sister, Libby, jumps foot to foot.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cynthia Lord (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0545035316
Page Count: 192
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: August 1, 2010
ISBN: 978-0545035316
Page Count: 192
Awards edit
- Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award (Finalist, 2012: Grades 3-6)
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