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    Summer of Courage: (Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest)
    Summer of Courage: (Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest)
    Summer of Courage: (Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest)
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    Summer of Courage: (Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest)

    By Karen Pavlicin

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    " ... an upbeat, positive story ... wise, hopeful ... with a subtle simplicity sure to touch hearts."
    —School Library Journal

    "An enjoyable adventure of discovery ... "
    —Midwest Book Review

    Mom called this my Summer of Courage. She said that when you need courage the most is when you realize what's happened in your life and you decide to get up the next morning anyway.

    When 10-year-old Andy goes to Grandma's house for the summer, all he can think about is how much he misses his dad in heaven and his best friend Anthony, who moved away.

    In a summer filled with family, fishing, and friendship, Andy discovers what happens when you mix rotten apples with a little bit of faith.

    I closed my eyes and prayed for God to send me a sign. Any sign he was listening. He sent me perch, Mrs. Sackets, and crow's nest.

    Includes crow's nest recipe, gin rummy rules, and discussion guide.

    This story, originally published in hardcover as Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest, has won multiple awards, including:

    Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Gold
    IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver
    IPPY Silver
    Mom's Choice Awards Silver
    Children's Crown Award Finalist
    NAPPA Honors Book
    Foreword Book of the Year Awards Finalist
    Midwest Book Awards Finalist
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElva Resa Digital
    Release dateMay 11, 2016
    ISBN9781934617229
    Summer of Courage: (Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest)
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    Karen Pavlicin

    Karen Pavlicin is an award-winning writer of several books. She grew up in rural upstate New York, where the story in Summer of Courage (Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest) takes place, and now lives in Minnesota with her family. They have an apple tree in their backyard and a cow dung clock in their kitchen. About this book, Karen says, “One day I was thinking about my childhood and remembered our summertime ritual of cutting up those tiny, hard apples on Grandma’s porch. For the first time, I realized it wasn’t about the apples. Grandma was a smart woman—she kept her family all coming back to her porch every summer. At the same time, my son and I were beginning a new phase of our lives and I thought he could use a story about those apples. That’s when I created Andy and his summer of courage.”

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      Summer of Courage - Karen Pavlicin

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      … an upbeat, positive story … wise, hopeful … with a subtle simplicity sure to touch hearts. – School Library Journal

      An enjoyable adventure of discovery …

      – Midwest Book Review

      … compelling … and woven with rich memories … – Stories for Children Magazine

      … very worthy book for any young reader … a gentle story … characters are well defined and interesting. The book will capture the attention of both boys and girls. – The American Author Association

      Written in gentle, lyrical language. Very refreshing.

      – Kit Vaughan, librarian, Chesterfield County Public Schools, Virginia

      A novel for all ten year olds and their adults! … shows all the beauty of life through a ten year old’s eyes, including the joys of friendship and family relationships, the pain of a best friend moving away, and the mystery of death. A richly and simply told story. – Ellie Maresch, teacher, Minnesota

      Kids will love Mrs. Sackets’s yellow polka-dotted swim suit and penchant for poetry, learning how to milk a cow and make a clock from cow dung, counting to find the fish, and all the other wonderful treasures dappled throughout this memorable story. – Glen Van Cise, pastor, Pennsylvania

      A story filled with easy-going summer days that children and adults alike can identify with. A simple tale that reinforces the importance of friends and family. – Linda McCullough, library director, Carthage, New York

      "Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow’s Nest addresses so nicely the real issues of loss and friendship through endearing characters and the magic of a lazy summer. It gives children a wonderful way to think about the changes in their lives and the role of their faith. A delightful read." – Pauline Lucero Esquivel, children’s counselor, New Mexico

      Awards

      This story has received many awards and honors, including:

      Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

      Gold Medal Best Preteen Fiction

      Benjamin Franklin Awards

      Silver Finalist Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction

      Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)

      Silver Medal Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction

      Mom’s Choice Awards

      Silver Recipient Juvenile Fiction Ages 9-12

      Children’s Crown Award Finalist Grades 4-5 (Wholesome Books)

      National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Honors Book

      Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards

      Finalist Juvenile Fiction

      Midwest Book Awards Finalist Children/Young Adult Fiction

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

      Summer of Courage ©2014 by Karen Pavlicin.

      Paperback cover (fishing) illustration ©2013 by Lori McElrath-Eslick. Hardcover and apples illustrations by Martha Doty ©2007 by Elva Resa Publishing LLC. Poem March 11 ©1984 by Karen M Price. Songs Stories and Little Bit of Faith ©2003 by Karen M Pavlicin.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored, by any form or means, without prior written permission from the publisher. Cover and book design by Andermax Studios. Review publication names and awards listed are copyrights/trademarks of respective owners.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Pavlicin, Karen.

      [Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and crow’s nest]

      Summer of courage / Karen Pavlicin.

      pages cm

      Originally published by Alma Little in 2007 under title: Perch, Mrs, Sackets, and crow’s nest.

      Summary: Andy does not look forward to spending a summer in West Carthage, New York, but as he does chores for his grandmother and her eccentric neighbor and connects with his mother’s childhood friend, John, he begins to accept that faith will help him deal with the changes that life brings, starting with his father’s recent death.

      ISBN 978-1-934617-24-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-934617-22-9

      (epub)—ISBN 978-1-934617-23-6 (kindle)

      [1. Family life—New York (State)—Fiction. 2. Country life—New York (State)—Fiction. 3. Grief—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. Christian life—Fiction. 6. West Carthage (N.Y.)—Fiction.] I. Title.

      PZ7.P2865Su 2013

      [Fic]—dc23

      Alma Little is an imprint of Elva Resa Publishing.

      8362 Tamarack Vlg., Ste. 119-106, St. Paul, MN 55125

      www.ElvaResa.com

      A portion of all book sales is donated to charity.

      For Alexander Maximilian,

      who taught me all about summers of courage,

      and his PaPop,

      who will always be fishing for perch on Red Lake

      Summer of Courage

      1 Mulch

      2 Wobbly Knees

      3 Chores

      4 Red Lake

      5 Green Beans

      6 God

      7 Apples

      8 Poetry

      9 Chickadee

      10 Sweeper

      11 Polka Dots

      12 Rain

      13 Angels

      14 Warm Milk

      15 Hillbilly Heaven

      16 Friendship

      17 The Club House

      18 Perch

      19 Stories

      20 Bahama Blue

      21 Sunbeams

      22 Faith

      Recipe for Crow’s Nest

      Gin Rummy

      Discussion Guide

      Summer of Courage

      Mom called this my Summer of Courage.

      She said that when you need courage the most is when you realize what’s happened in your life and you decide to get up the next morning anyway.

      That’s how it was when my dad died of cancer.

      That’s how it was on the first day of this summer.

      It was the last day of fourth grade, our last game of mud soccer. The last day that Anthony, my best friend since I was three years old, would be in Minnesota. He was on his way to Colorado, where his dad got a new job.

      I’ll write, Anthony said.

      Yeah, me too, I said.

      We stood on my porch. We high-fived and

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