Going on Nine illustrated by Lionel Richerand Groskop studied the language obsessively

Groskop studied the language obsessively starting at age 11

Discover birds who survive winter against all odds in award-winning creators Kirsten Hall and Jenni Desmond’s poetic

stunningly conceived epic thriller

live in a hotel room for more than three months

With full-color illustrations and a trim size ideal for young readers

Going on Nine illustrated by Lionel Richerand Groskop studied the language obsessivelyA child swipes her mother's ring, snatches her sister's nightgown, and runs outside to play "bride." She soon loses the ring, rips the gown, correctly assumes it's about to rain daggers, and runs away from home to find a better family. What happens next is a summer long journey in which Grace Townsend rides shotgun in a Plymouth Belvedere, and hunkers in the back of a rattletrap vegetable truck, crawls into a crumbling tunnel, dresses up with a prom