Cyclone / by Doreen Cronin ; [jacket illustrations by Debra Sfetsios-Conover].
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books For Young Readers, [2017]Edition: First editionDescription: 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1481435256
- 9781481435253
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Cronin Doreen | Available | 33111008764884 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Nora's whole world plummets faster than the Cyclone roller coaster when her cousin Riley falls into a coma that Nora thinks is her fault in this warm, big-hearted debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Doreen Cronin.
Riding the Cyclone, the world famous Coney Island rollercoaster, was supposed to be the highlight of Nora's summer. But right after they disembark, Nora's cousin Riley falls to the ground...and doesn't get up. Nora had begged and dragged Riley onto the ride, and no matter what the doctors say, that she had a heart condition, that it could have happened at any time, Nora knows it was her fault. Then, as Riley comes out of her coma, she's not really Riley at all. The cousin who used to be loud and funny and unafraid now can't talk, let alone go to the bathroom by herself. No, she's only 10% Riley. Nora, guilt eating her up on the inside worse than a Coney Island hotdog, thinks she knows how to help. How to get 100% Riley back. But what Nora doesn't realize is that the guilt will only get worse as that percentage rises.
"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
Ages 8-12.
Blaming herself when the cousin she dragged onto a roller coaster falls into a coma, Nora struggles with unendurable guilt and tries to help when her cousin awakens with challenging disabilities.
Nora's looking forward to riding the Cyclone, the world famous Coney Island rollercoaster, and drags her cousin Riley on the ride despite her heart condition. After they disembark, Riley falls to the ground... and doesn't get up. When Riley comes out of her coma, she can't talk, can't even go to the bathroom by herself. Guilt stricken, Nora is determined to get Riley 100% back to normal. What Nora doesn't realize is that the guilt will only get worse as that percentage rises.