Some Kind of Happiness, Claire Legrand
Some Kind of Happiness, Claire Legrand
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Some Kind of Happiness

Author: Claire Legrand

Narrator: Tina Wolstencroft

Unabridged: 9 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/31/2023


Synopsis

Things Finley Hart doesn't want to talk about:

● Her parents, who are having problems. (But they pretend like they're not.)

● Being sent to her grandparents' house for the summer.

● Never having met said grandparents.

● Her blue days—when life feels overwhelming, and it's hard to keep her head up. (This happens a lot.)

Finley's only retreat is the Everwood, a forest kingdom that exists in the pages of her notebook. Until she discovers the endless woods behind her grandparents' house and realizes the Everwood is real—and holds more mysteries than she'd ever imagined, including a family of pirates that she isn't allowed to talk to, trees covered in ash, and a strange old wizard living in a house made of bones. With the help of her cousins, Finley sets out on a mission to save the dying Everwood and uncover its secrets. But as the mysteries pile up and the frightening sadness inside her grows, Finley realizes that if she wants to save the Everwood, she'll first have to save herself.

Contains mature themes.

About Claire Legrand

Claire Legrand used to be a musician until she realized she couldn't stop thinking about the stories in her head. Now Ms. Legrand is a full-time writer living in New Jersey. She has written two middle grade novels-The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2012, and The Year of Shadows-as well as the young adult novel Winterspell.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ☾❀Miriam✩ on February 02, 2020

“I feel like we are playing the Quiet Game. When you're tired of playing and want to shout out all the words you've been keeping inside you, but you absolutely cannot lose. So instead you sit, and bite down on everything screaming inside you, and wait.” This is a beautiful and heartbreaking story ab......more

Goodreads review by Jay on May 24, 2017

This book made me cry. This book made me smile. This book made me hurt... this book... is not only incredibly powerful, but wonderfully written. Who even cares if it's "middle grade" Pfft It's so good. I definitely don't agree with the a lot of the reasoning in this book... and I kept thinking "oh, o......more

Goodreads review by Katie on May 20, 2016

Wow. I wish this existed when I was a kid. It's the most familiar depiction of depression I've ever read and made me sob more than once. I ordered it in hardcover.......more