Destiny Rewritten by KathrynFitzmaurice (Harper Collins Katherine Tegen Books) is a charming and absorbing
tale. This book will capture the imagination of your eight to thirteen-year-old readers. It’s chock-full of fun quests and unique characters. But let’s start at the beginning, where the
epigraph sets the tone:
In this short Life
That only lasts an hour
How much—how little—is
Within our power
–Emily Dickinson
How much do our
decisions influence our future, or is everything up to destiny? It’s a fun
premise to consider, and that’s what I love—a book full of possibilities.
JACKET FLAP: Eleven-year-old Emily Elizabeth Davis has been told for her
entire life that her destiny is to become a poet, just like her famous
namesake, Emily Dickinson. But Emily doesn't even really like poetry,
and she has a secret career ambition that she suspects her English-professor
mother will frown on. Then, just after discovering that it contains an
important family secret, she loses the special volume of Emily Dickinson's
poetry that was given to her at birth. As Emily and her friends search for the
lost book in used bookstores and thrift shops all across town, Emily's
understanding of destiny begins to unravel and then rewrite itself in a
marvelous new way.
Twelve-year-old Emily approaches
her quest with a spirit of pluck, creativity, and contagious mania. And in her
hometown of Berkley, California, there’s a whole pack of interesting characters
to meet—her spy-obsessed younger cousin Mortie (who may or may not be on some
sort of reconnaissance mission), her friends at school, thrift shop owners and the
local tree huggers.
Katherine Tegen Books, February 2013
Realistic Fiction
352 pages
Realistic Fiction
352 pages
ISBN-10: 0061625019
ISBN-13: 9780061625015
Recommended for grades 4-6
ISBN-13: 9780061625015
Recommended for grades 4-6
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