Reaching for Sun
by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

    REACHING FOR SUN by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  3/6/07
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury
    Reviewed by:  Kylie
    Rating:  4 Stars


    Josie Wyatt is trying to live as normal a life as possible, but there's one thing thats stopping her--her cerebral palsy.

    Josie lives in a small farmhouse with her mother and grandma that is surrounded by huge mansions. Josie's mother is
    always at work and whenever she's at home she's always busy. Her grandmother loves gardening and never keeps
    any comments to herself. At school, everyone knows that Josie attends special ed, but when a strange new boy,
    Jordan, moves into the neighborhood, he never thinks of her as different, just normal.

    At the end of the school year, Josie and Jordan have become close friends, and all Josie wants to do is spend the
    whole summer with Jordan--but Jordan has another plan, which is to go to basketball camp. Josie can't imagine a
    summer without Jordan and she doesn't know how to cope when her grandma has a stoke.

    REACHING FOR SUN by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer is a wonderful novel full of free-verse poems that tell the story
    of a pre-teen girl dealing with the fact that she has cerebral palsy. I definitely recommend this book for any girls who
    love to read, and I guarantee that you will love it just like I did. I give it 4 stars!