Chapters (27)
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- A Little Background
- Crying Alice
- Sina Tells Me
- They Arrive
- The Maddens Settle In
- The Convergence of a UFO, a Cook, and the Beginning of the Mysterious Letters
- The Man from the Space Institute
- The First Letter
- Secrets
- Family Meeting
- The Night Garden
- The Letters
- Radio Reports
- Into the Night
- The Ground
- The Long Night
- Gladys Steals a Car
- What Miss Macy Forgot
- May 8
- The End of This Particular Story
- Many thanks to:
- Also by Polly Horvath
- About the Author
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Polly Horvath has written many books for children and young adults, among them Everything on a Waffle, The Canning Season, and One Year in Coal Harbour. She has won numerous awards including a National Book Award, Newbery Honor, Toronto Dominion Award, International White Raven, and Canadian Library Association’s Young Adult Book of the Year. She has also been short-listed for Germany’s most prestigious literature award, the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, as well as the Writer’s Trust Vicky Metcalfe Award for her body of work and many others. Her books have been New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestsellers and Rosie O’Donnell and Oprah picks. She is translated into over 25 languages and her books are taught in children’s literature curricula in North America and internationally. She lives in British Columbia. You can sign up for email updates here.
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