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Sticky Notes

By: Dianne Touchell

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For fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, a touching story about the power of love and family in the face of a parent's early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Foster Sumner is ten years old. He likes toy soldiers, tadpole hunting, going to school, and the beach. Best of all, he likes listening to his dad's stories. But then Foster's dad starts forgetting things. No one is too worried at first. Foster and Dad giggle about it. Dad goes out for milk and comes back with cat food, when the cat has been dead for five years. But then the forgetting gets worse. And suddenly no one is laughing anymore. A heartbreaking story about what it means to forget and to be forgotten, as well as the devastating effects of Alzheimer's and the strong families behind those who suffer from it. "Heartbreakingly realistic." --SLJ "Touchell presents honest, believable characters in this heart-wrenching account of one family's attempt to cope with an unexpected life-altering event." --Bulletin "Heartwarming, heartbreaking and honest...a great family read." --The Monitor

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Delacorte Press

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1524765503

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9781524765507

A Small Madness

By: Dianne Touchell

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A Small Madness

By: Dianne Touchell

Rose and Michael are good students with bright futures. They are also in love. But when Rose gets pregnant, her behavior becomes increasingly strange as she pulls away from her best friend, and from Michael, while she struggles to cope with her predicament. Rose cannot admit that she is pregnant (“If I say it, it will come to be true.”). She moves from denial to ineptly trying to terminate her pregnancy, to believing that she has miscarried, while deep inside, she is on a mental and emotional downward spiral. Meanwhile, Michael, in his confusion, desperation to help and fear of the wrath of his controlling father, sinks into his own kind of small madness. Inspired by the story of two teens in the US who were arrested for hiding the girl’s pregnancy and later disposing of the baby, Touchell says, “When I saw them on TV I was amazed to see they looked like normal kids. They were from good families; they just looked destroyed... . I thought, there’s more than one victim here; what went on with these kids and why did they think they had no one to go to?” This is a moving and powerfully written novel told from the alternating viewpoints of Rose and Michael with compassion and a gentle touch. It is an honest, unflinching look at the complex world of young readers.

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Groundwood Books Ltd

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155498839X

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9781554988396

Sticky Notes

By: Dianne Touchell

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Sticky Notes

By: Dianne Touchell

For fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, a touching story about the power of love and family in the face of a parent's early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Ten-year-old Foster has always loved listening to his dad's stories. But lately, Dad's memory hasn't been so great, and Mom's placed sticky notes around the house to help him. As Dad's condition worsens, it's Foster who will need to look deep into his heart and remember for them both. Sticky Notes is a touching story about the power of love and family in the face of a parent's Alzheimer's disease, and a moving reminder of the ways in which the hardest circumstances can pull us closer together. "Heartwarming, heartbreaking, and honest. . . . A great family read." --The Monitor "Heartbreakingly realistic." --SLJ "Touchell presents honest, believable characters in this heart-wrenching account of one family's attempt to cope with an unexpected life-altering event." --The Bulletin

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Yearling

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1524765511

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9781524765514

Creepy & Maud

By: Dianne Touchell

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Creepy & Maud

By: Dianne Touchell

Hilarious and heartbreaking, Creepy & Maud charts the relationship between two social misfits, played out in the space between their windows. Creepy is a boy who watches from the shadows keenly observing and caustically commentating on human folly. Maud is less certain. A confused girl with a condition that embarrasses her parents and assures her isolation. Together Creepy and Maud discover something outside their own vulnerability — each other's. But life is arbitrary; and loving someone doesn't mean you can save them. Creepy & Maud is a blackly funny and moving first novel that says; 'You're ok to be as screwed up as you think you are and you're not alone in that.

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Fremantle Press

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1921888962

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9781921888960

A Small Madness

By: Dianne Touchell

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Creepy & Maud

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Forgetting Foster

By: Dianne Touchell

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Forgetting Foster

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Foster suddenly recognised the feeling that rolled over him and made him feel sick. It was this: Dad was going away somewhere all on his own. And Foster was missing him...From the author of A Small Madness comes an unflinching, compassionate, heartbreaking story of one family's experience of Alzheimer's Disease.

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1760110795

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9781760110796

Forgetting Foster (Dyslexic Edition)

By: Dianne Touchell

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Forgetting Foster (Dyslexic Edition)

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Foster suddenly recognised the feeling that rolled over him and made him feel sick. It was this: Dad was going away somewhere all on his own. And Foster was already missing him...Foster Sumner is seven years old. He likes toy soldiers, tadpole hunting, going to school and the beach. Best of all, he likes listening to his dad's stories...But then Foster's dad starts forgetting things. No one is too worried at first. Foster and Dad giggle about it. But the forgetting gets worse. And suddenly no one is laughing anymore...A heartbreaking story about what it means to forget and to be forgotten.

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1525226681

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Book's by Dianne Touchell

Sticky Notes

Sticky Notes

A Small Madness

A Small Madness

Sticky Notes

Sticky Notes

Creepy & Maud

Creepy & Maud

A Small Madness

A Small Madness

Creepy & Maud

Creepy & Maud

Forgetting Foster

Forgetting Foster

Forgetting Foster (Dyslexic Edition)

Forgetting Foster (Dyslexic Edition)

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