2024Novels
Still Sal
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Novels1997
Sun and Spoon
Kevin Henkes
Spoon needed something special of Gram’s—something to remember her by. He wasn’t quite sure what the something was, and he didn’t have the time he needed to think, or perhaps he wouldn’t have done what he did . . .
Purchases via HarperCollins · official publisher of Kevin Henkes’s books
Awards & recognition
- ALA Notable Children’s Book Publishers Weekly Best Book School Library Journal Best Book Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best NCTE Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Language Arts Children’s Literature Choice List
What the critics said
praise from the pages of the reviews
“Once again Henkes captures young angst with respect and honesty.”— School Library Journal (starred review)”
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