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category: Children's Fiction
published: Apr 2008
ISBN:9781551437361
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Impossible Things

by Robin Stevenson

tagged: self-esteem & self-reliance, friendship, paranormal
Description

Cassidy Silver is not having a good year. Her engineer father is in the Middle East, her artist mother is too busy to listen to the painful details of her daughter's grade seven life, her genius younger brother is being bullied, and her best friend Chiaki has abandoned her to hang out with the meanest girls in school. Then Cassidy meets Victoria, who is telekinetic—she can move objects with her mind. Cassidy, desperate to not be the only ordinary person in her family, thinks learning telekinesis could be the answer to all her problems. But is Victoria telling the truth? And is telekinesis really the solution?

About the Author

Robin Stevenson is the author of more than thirty books for kids and teens, including Pride Puppy!, Pride Colors and Kid Activists: True Tales of Childhood from Champions of Change. The first edition of her nonfiction book Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community (2016) won a Stonewall Honor and was shortlisted for numerous other awards. In 2023, she was awarded the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence in British Columbia. Robin lives in Victoria.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
9 to 12
Grade:
4 to 7
Reading age:
9 to 12
Awards
  • Short-listed, Chocolate Lily nominee
  • Short-listed, SYRCA Diamond Willow nominee
  • Commended, CCBC Best Books
  • Commended, Resource Links "The Year's Best"
Editorial Reviews

"A perfect selection to lift the spirits of the observers, the outcasts, and the creative individualists who find the road of adolescence a painful one."

— VOYA

"[It] will appeal to adolescent girls, especially for those on the margins and who need more space. Recommended."

— CM Magazine

"Compelling."

— The Vancouver Sun

"This book had me hooked."

— Resource Links

"Realistic fiction with a twist."

— School Library Journal

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