One Year in Coal Harbor

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Readers rejoice-Primrose Squarp is back! The wise and curious heroine of the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle is facing another adventure-filled year in Coal Harbor. Readers rejoice-Primrose Squarp is back! The wise and curious heroine of the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle is facing another adventure-filled year in Coal Harbor. Even though her parents, once lost at sea, are home, there's a whole slew of problems and mysteries to keep Primrose-and eager fans-busy. There's Uncle Jack and Kate Bowzer, who may (or may not) be in love. There's Ked, a foster child who becomes Primrose's friend. And there's the new development on the outskirts of town that threatens the Coal Harbor Primrose knows and treasures. From National Book Award-winning author Polly Horvath comes a masterful sequel to a beloved novel, sure to please old fans and gain new ones. A perfect charmer.... Hilarious and touching." -The Boston Globe "Nobody does middle grade like Horvath." -The Horn Book Magazine

POLLY HORVATH is one of the most highly acclaimed authors writing today. Her books include The Canning Season (National Book Award winner and a YA Canadian Book of the Year), Everything on a Waffle (Newbery Honor Book), The Trolls (National Book Award finalist), My One Hundred Adventures (a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, a Booklist Editors' Choice, and a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year), and Northward to the Moon (an Oprah's Book Club Kid's Reading List selection). Her most recent books are Mr. and Mrs. Bunny-Detectives Extraordinaire! and Lord and Lady Bunny-Almost Royalty! From the Hardcover edition.

A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2012 School Library Journal Best of Children's Books 2012 Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 20, 2012: "...Horvath skillfully balances the story's light and dark moments, leaving readers with an ending both satisfying and honest." Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2012: "...the author delivers a gothic tragicomedy that is both a worthy sequel and as able as Primrose to stand on its own." Starred Review, School Library Jounral, August 1, 2012: "Excellent fun surrounds nuggets of wisdom, making for a great read or read-aloud to be enjoyed on multiple levels"