I really shied away from ever wanting to know more about the progression of my own dad’s MS. I didn’t want her to have any of my meekness especially when it came to getting to know her dad and what was happening to him. But she’s so different, cooler, more confident and more hotheaded than I ever was. How did you discover and get to know your protagonist? How about your secondary characters? Your antagonist?
The Meaning of Maggie is a novel set in a house too small for all the big problems plaguing a smart girl just trying to survive adolescence armed with after school snacks and deep thoughts.When her father’s legs permanently fall asleep, Maggie begins a search for meaning that she never expected.Īnd just like that, getting a B doesn’t seem like such a huge deal*. What happened? The truth? It’s not what happened to him, it’s what’s happening to him. Then in one summer, her conundrums triple when her father takes a fall at work. She also has two older sisters with bods that don’t stop and she has to wait to campaign for president for almost an entire quarter century. From the promotional copy:Įleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield can’t stop thinking about Oreos and this is just one of her many conundrums. "Maggie is a firecracker character, one who sparkles with wit, cynicism, love and potential.Megan Jean Sovern is the first-time author of The Meaning of Maggie (Chronicle, 2014). "Smart, sensitive, sad and funny." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Does for middle-grade fiction what John Green's The Fault in Our Stars did for teen literature: Both portray coping with serious illness as one aspect of a complex character, not as the single issue that defines them." - BookPage
A portion of the proceeds of the sale of this book will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Īuthor Megan Jean Sovern, herself the daughter of a dad with multiple sclerosis, writes with the funny grace and assured prose of a new literary star. Most importantly, though, this is the year Maggie has to pull up her bootstraps (the family motto) and finally learn why her cool-dude dad is in a wheelchair, no matter how scary that is. And what a banner year it's been! During this period she's Student of the Month on a regular basis, an official shareholder of Coca-Cola stock, and defending Science Fair champion. This "humorous, fast-paced" middle-grade novel is " a remarkable story of a working-class family pulling together in the face of a serious illness" ( School Library Journal).Īs befits a future President of the United States of America, eleven-year-old Atlanta resident Maggie Mayfield has decided to write a memoir of the past year of her life.
0 kommentar(er)
