12 Again
Corbett, Sue
in This Captivating Novel, Wife And Mother Of Three Bernadette Mcbride Makes A Wish She Never Expects To Have Grantedto Be Young Again. When She Awakenstransformed Into A Twelveyear- Oldon What Should Be The Morning Of Her Fortieth Birthday, She Is At First Jubilant, And Then Quickly Realizes How Complex Life Has Suddenly Become. She Enrolls In Her Son's Seventh-grade Computer Class In Hopes Of Enlisting His Help, But It's Not That Easy. . . . Patrick, Bernadette's Oldest Son, Has No Idea What Happened To His Mother, But He Refuses To Give Up Hope. Unless He Can Get Her Back, He Faces A Life Of Waiting On His Brothers. Can Patrick Do The Impossible? Can He Rescue His Mother . . . And Return His Family's Life To Normal?
publishers Weekly
irish Folklore Supplies The Ingredients For Debut Author Corbett's Creative Contemporary Fantasy, Set In Long Island, N.y. When Stressed-out Mom And Newsday Reporter Bernadette Mcbride Unwittingly Drinks A Potion Just Before Making A Toast To Youth, She Wakes Up And Finds Herself Age 12 Again, Living In Her Childhood Home With Her Irish-born Mother (who Died In Bernadette's Adulthood). Eventually, She Discovers Fairy Magic Is At Work; While It's Modern Times Outside The House, Inside It's 1972. The Story Alternates Between Her Perspective And That Of Patrick, The Oldest Of Her Three Sons, And Readers Get A Strong Sense Of Their Emotions. Bernadette Is Thrilled To See Her Mother Again But Misses Her Family Fiercely, Feeling Especially Guilty For Heaping Too Much Responsibility On Patrick; He Regrets Thinking Of Her As A Burr On His Shoelace. Bernadette, Enrolled At School As Detta, Shares A Class With Patrick, But Doesn't Want Anyone, Not Even Patrick, To Know About Her Transformation. In Addition To The Colorful Folk Traditions, Corbett Supplies Funny Details As Bernadette Adjusts To Middle School (she Bests A Bully And Is Stumped When Classmates Ask Her If She Likes The Backstreet Boys). Though Many Of Bernadette's Sentiments May Make More Sense To Adults (particularly Her Ardent Desire To Please Her Mother) And Some Of The Premise Is Fuzzy (bernadette Delays Contacting Patrick For Flimsy Reasons), Overall, This Is A Well-orchestrated And Heartwarming Read. Ages 10-14. (july) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Name in long format: | 12 Again |
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ISBN-10: | 0142407291 |
ISBN-13: | 9780142407295 |
Book pages: | 240 |
Book language: | en |
Edition: | Reprint |
Binding: | Paperback |
Publisher: | Puffin Books |
Dimensions: | Height: 7.7 Inches, Length: 5.1 Inches, Weight: 0.41226442994 Pounds, Width: 0.6 Inches |