More great reads: the best books for 11 year olds
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | March 2016 Julia Eccleshare's Debut of the Month Twelve year old Carol’s emotional journey of discovery about her past makes a powerful story that will touch many readers. Carol’s summer is spent with her family on her grandfather’s ranch in the baking hot Mexican desert.
The visit is not exactly a social one; Carol has hardly ever met her grandfather before. Her parents have brought her to help tidy the place up and to prepare her grandfather for a move to a home as he is suffering from dementia. But Carol is deeply drawn to Grandpa Serge and the dried out ranch that has always been his life.
From him she learns of the importance of roots – in land and in families – and, through his magical tales, she learns something of her grandmother and the hidden truth behind her father’s long-ago quarrel with him. ~ Julia Eccleshare
Julia Eccleshare's Picks of the Month for March 2016
Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar
Spotty Lottie and Me by Richard Byrne
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard
What the Ladybird Heard Next by Julia Donaldson
"Eagar seamlessly blends a twelve-year-old girl's summer of change with a hefty dose of magical realism in this accomplished debut." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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At first, Carol avoids prickly Grandpa Serge. But as the summer wears on, Carol finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by the crazy stories he tells her about a healing tree, a green-glass lake, and the bees that will bring back the rain and end a hundred years of drought.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Hour of the Bees and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-12 years old
Hour of the Bees features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Stories about Family and Friends, Fantasy / Magical, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Hour of the Bees was written by Lindsay Eagar and published by Candlewick Press
Hour of the Bees has 368 pages
