Swing Sideways

Name: Swing Sideways
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Nanci Turner Steveson
ISBN: 9780062455246

Author: Nanci Turner Steveson

Narrator: Tara Sands

Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/03/2016

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Walk Two Moons, this debut middle grade novel is the story of two girls and the unforgettable summer in which they learn about true friendship and loss. Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in the country. Freedom from a difficult school year, freedom from her fake “friends” back in the city, and, most of all, freedom from her mom’s life-governing spreadsheets and rigid schedules.When Annie meets California, who is visiting her grandfather’s farm, it seems she has found the perfect partner for the summer she’s always craved. Especially when California offers Annie a real-life adventure: if she and Annie can find the ponies her mom rode as a girl, surely it will remind her mom how wonderful the farm is—and fix what’s broken between her mom and her grandfather.But Annie’s summer of freedom is sprinkled with secrets, and everything she has learned about bravery and love will be put to the test when the truth behind the ultimate secret changes her life forever.

About Nanci Turner Steveson

Nanci Turner Steveson grew up in Connecticut, England, and Texas, always with a book in one hand, the reins of a pony in the other. She wrote her first “novel” at the age of nine about a wild horse named Liberty. Nanci works with the Off Square Theatre Company as a stage manager and youth-performer shepherd. She is a reading fairy to book-hungry children and a riding instructor. The mother of two grown sons, Nanci lives in a meadow at the foot of the Grand Tetons in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with her Arabian horse and a 100-pound rescue dog named Story. She is the founder of the Literacy for Hope project, dedicated to getting books into the hands of the homeless. Visit her online at www.nanciturnersteveson.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brooks on December 31, 2015

I was given an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. I read Bridge to Terabithia every single year. And every single year I wonder if there will ever be a book that so flawlessly captures the energy and purity of young friendship. That bond between two complete strangers that pulls them......more

Goodreads review by Katy O. on July 23, 2017

My 11 YO daughter handed me this book after finishing it and said, "Mom, this is my absolute favorite book ever. You need to read it, but then I need it back so I can read it again right away." She fell in love with the city-girl-in-the-country storyline and was so excited that she, a born and bred......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on January 09, 2016

I had the privilege to read Swing Sideways via an Advanced Readers Copy in exchange for an honest review of the novel. Steveson paints a realistic setting where two girls discover one another and become fast friends in rural New York state. Annie, the main character, from the Big Apple, meets Califo......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on May 02, 2016

I love friendship stories, and Annie and California from SWING SIDEWAYS are a classic, wonderful middle grade example of a summer friendship. Annie has headed out to the country with her parents for the summer, and on their drive in she spots a girl in a field. The two girls watch each other...and a......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on January 13, 2016

I received an advanced reader copy f this book in return for an honest review. Annabelle needs a freedom summer - her mother's expectations have wound her so tight she's all but stopped eating - a summer without the spreadsheet. And the granddaughter of the hermit who lives near their summer house of......more