the secret hum of a daisy by tracy holczer

Agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary Studio. : The Secret Hum of a Daisy (9780399163937) by Holczer, Tracy and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. She lives with her husband and three daughters in Los. Despite a lack of suspenseful or action-packed scenes, Grace’s story and Holczer’s nuanced characters engage from beginning to end. Tracy Holczer is the author of The Secret Hum of a Daisy (Putnam Juvenile), for middle grade readers. Holczer writes with depth, heart, and a poetic lilt (“I shivered in my sleeping bag, feeling the chill of the river, and wondered if my dreams were bringing me one piece of Mama’s death at a time”), making readers feel the same longing ache as Grace. After Grace’s mother dies in a drowning accident, Grace is expected to move in with a grandmother she doesn’t know or trust, as she struggles to understand the loss of her mother, discover her family’s history, and follow a trail of clues she’s certain her mother left for her. Twelve-year-old Grace is no stranger to new places: her wayward, artistic mother seemed to uproot them every few months without explanation. Lyrical, poignant and fresh, The Secret Hum of a Daisy is a beautifully told middle grade tale with a great deal of heart.In a lovely and captivating debut, Holczer crafts a tender story of an orphaned girl left with a grandmother she resents in a town that holds the secrets of her family’s past. Maybe it is her mother, showing her the way to her true home. Then Grace finds clues in a mysterious treasure hunt, just like the ones her mother used to send her on. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY In a lovely and captivating debut, Holczer crafts a tender story of an orphaned girl left with a grandmother she resents in a town that holds the secrets of her family's past. Twelve-year-old Grace and her mother have always been their own family, traveling from place to place like gypsies. She can't imagine her mother would want her to stay with this stranger. Lyrical, poignant and fresh, The Secret Hum of a Daisy is a beautifully told middle grade tale with a great deal of heart. Grace summons the courage to tell her mother how she really feels and will always regret that her last words to her were angry ones.Īfter her mother's sudden death, Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she's never met. Just when she thinks she's found it her mother says it's time to move again. But Grace wants to finally have a home all their own. Twelve-year-old Grace and her mother have always been their own family, traveling from place to place like gypsies.

The secret hum of a daisy by tracy holczer