Cindy Baldwin
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"Ivy Mae Bloom is almost thirteen years old ... She desperately wants a place to put down roots, but it's her mama's job as a fallen star to tend the magic underpinning the world ... After Ivy steals Mama's entire supply of wish jars in the hopes of finding a place to call home, disaster strands her family in Whistling Ridge, North Carolina ... Ivy falls for Whistling Ridge immediately; she just needs to convince her parents to stay"--
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Sixth grader Annie Lee Fitzgerald's father died eighty-three days ago. Since then, her mother has worked long hours to make ends meet, and Annie Lee does her best to stay invisible. To get away from mysterious events in her house, Annie Lee makes her way to a local mall where she takes piano lessons from Ray, the elderly man who plays for patrons, in hopes of winning a cash prize to help her family. One day, Ray goes missing and Annie Lee decides...
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Eleven-year-old Penny Rooney is excited for the poetry slam at her school, but she's at a loss when she learns she has to write about herself in the poem. When she finds an injured dolphin, who she names Rose, in the creek behind her house, she soon discovers that Rose has a lung infection, just like the infections Penny gets because of her cystic fibrosis. She feels an instant connection with the creature, but Penny realizes her bond with the dolphin...