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    Windfall
    Windfall
    Windfall
    Ebook73 pages53 minutes

    Windfall

    By Sara Cassidy

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    Life is full of challenges for thirteen-year-old Liza. She is already having trouble coping with the death of a local homeless man when she learns that her family's apple tree will need to be chopped down. If that wasn't enough, the new principal at school keeps blocking her attempts for a positive outlet by refusing permission for every project that GRRR! (Girls for Renewable Resources, Really!) and BRRR! (Boys for Renewable Resources, Really!) proposes. Liza starts to feel like she needs to create change in her world without seeking permission. When she chooses the school grounds as the site for her latest endeavor, she may have gone too far.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOrca Book Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2011
    ISBN9781554698523
    Windfall
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    Sara Cassidy

    SARA CASSIDY is a journalist, editor and the author of twenty children’s books. Her books have won the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize and been Junior Library Guild selections. They have been nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in Young People's Literature, Chocolate Lily Award, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award, Diamond Willow Award, Silver Birch Express Award and the Sunburst Award. Sara lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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    • 4/5
      This book was a Good Reads First Read contest win.

      This is a very short book only 117 pages but it is such a wonderful book. This is a young adult / teen book but it is something everyone can learn from.



      The girls from GRRR! (Girls for Renewable Resources, Really!) is a group of young teenage girls that is trying to make a difference in life. Liza is trying to cope with the needless death of a local homeless man while dealing with everyday problems.

      I hope some teenage girls reads this book and decides to try and help make a change. The author has wrote a wonderful book. This is the second book in the Orca Currents series.

      The bunnies and I give this book 4-Carrots.

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