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Lila and Hadley

Hadley is an angry girl: angry at her mother for embezzling money, angry at her estranged older sister, Beth, whom she has to live with while her mother is in jail, angry at having to move to Kentucky away from her friends, and angry at the world because she has retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly go...

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Main Author: Keplinger, Kody (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2020.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Pit bull terriers > Juvenile fiction.
Dogs > Training > Juvenile fiction.
Retinitis pigmentosa > Juvenile fiction.
Blind children > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Anger > Juvenile fiction.
Blind > Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Kentucky > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Hadley is an angry girl: angry at her mother for embezzling money, angry at her estranged older sister, Beth, whom she has to live with while her mother is in jail, angry at having to move to Kentucky away from her friends, and angry at the world because she has retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly going blind; but then she meets Lila, a rescued pit bull who has not responded to anyone else--so if Hadley can train Lila, maybe the dog can get adopted into her forever home, and just maybe Lila can help Hadley deal with her own problems.
Physical Description: 245 pages ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 9-11.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN: 9781338306095
133830609X
9781338649321
1338649329
Author Notes: Kody Keplinger was born in Kentucky. She wrote her first novel, The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend), while in high school. It was adapted into a motion picture. Her other books include LOL (Lying out Loud), Secrets and Lies, A Midsummer's Nightmare, Shut Out, and The Swift Boys and Me. She is the co-founder of Disability in KidLit and teaches at the Gotham Writers Workshops in New York City.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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