Missing by Sullivan Sarah (8 results)

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condition: Good. When his grandfather's dementia raises the specter of foster care, Arlo flees to find his only other family member in this genuine, heartening novel. Arlo's grandfather travels in time. Not literally -- he just mixes up the past with the present. Arlo holds on as best he can, fixing himself cornflakes for dinner and paying back the owner of the corner store for the sausages Poppo eats without remembering to pay. But how long before someone finds out that Arlo is taking care of the grandfather he lives with instead of the other way around? When Poppo lands in the hospital and a social worker comes to take charge, Arlo's fear of foster care sends him alone across three hundred miles. Armed with a name and a town, Arlo finds his only other family member -- the grandmother he doesn't remember ever meeting. But just finding her isn't enough to make them a family. Unfailingly honest and touched with a dash of magical realism, Sarah Sullivan's evocative debut novel delves into a family mystery and unearths universal truths about home, trust, friendship, and strength -- all the things a boy needs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Good. When his grandfather's dementia raises the specter of foster care, Arlo flees to find his only other family member in this genuine, heartening novel. Arlo's grandfather travels in time. Not literally -- he just mixes up the past with the present. Arlo holds on as best he can, fixing himself cornflakes for dinner and paying back the owner of the corner store for the sausages Poppo eats without remembering to pay. But how long before someone finds out that Arlo is taking care of the grandfather he lives with instead of the other way around? When Poppo lands in the hospital and a social worker comes to take charge, Arlo's fear of foster care sends him alone across three hundred miles. Armed with a name and a town, Arlo finds his only other family member -- the grandmother he doesn't remember ever meeting. But just finding her isn't enough to make them a family. Unfailingly honest and touched with a dash of magical realism, Sarah Sullivan's evocative debut novel delves into a family mystery and unearths universal truths about home, trust, friendship, and strength -- all the things a boy needs.…

Condition: new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. Light edge wear to boards and jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Arlo is eleven and has been raised by his maternal grandfather, Poppo, whose memory is failing. Afraid of being taken into foster care, he sets out on a furtive journey to find Ida Jones, the paternal grandmother he has never met and who has been estranged from the family since his parents' marriage caused a serious falling out. She takes him in readily enough, but there is friction between them, and what Arlo is really looking for is harder to name than a relative. A 2013 Candlewick novel that drew a starred review from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Signed. …

SAL. Condition: Brand New. 368 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.