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Harrington, Karen.
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#1 The story is divided into BEFORE and AFTER- before Wayne and his mother are in a plane crash while returning home from Uncle Reed's funeral, before Wayne lost his voice, before Grandpa moves in with them. In both BEFORE and AFTER Wayne is a sweet, nerdy, odd, factfilled middle-schooler. In AFTER, Wayne has to negotiate his new life after the crash. There are people who will help him and those who won't, including his grade-A jerk of a dad, unaffectionately nicknamed the Flee and his drill-sergeant Grandpa. The plane crash has changed Wayne physically; the road to recovery changes everything else about him, as losing his voice allows him to find his real voice .(Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award, 2018) Booktalk #2 Life for Wayne exists in two worlds. BEFORE and AFTER. Before his uncle died overseas. Before he and his mom were in a plane crash and he lost his ability to talk. Before Grandpa moved in to help them recover. In the land of AFTER, Wayne wonders, “Do you know how awkward it is to be a plane-crashsurviving, fact-collecting seventh grader with no voice to use a shield?” Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2018-2019 |
| SUBJECTS: Aircraft accidents -- Fiction. Family life -- Fiction. Grief --Fiction. Voice -- Fiction. |
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