Funny How Things Change

Remy Walker has it all: he found the love of his life at home in crumbling little Dwyer, West Virginia, deep in his beloved Appalachian Mountains where his family settled more than one hundred and sixty years ago. But at seventeen, you're not supposed to already be where you want to be, right? You've got a whole world to make your way through, and you start by leaving your dead-end town. Like his girlfriend, Lisa. Lisa's going away to college. If Remy goes with her, it would be the start of everything they ever dreamed of. So when a fascinating young artist from out of state shows Remy his home through new eyes, why is he suddenly questioning his future?

The author vividly depicts a rich and beautiful place in this powerful novel about a young man who, over the course of a summer, learns how much he has to give up for a girl, and how much he needs to give up for a mountain.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Published: 04/27/2009
ISBN: 9780374302337
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.92w x 0.80d
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Carolyn W. Field Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 03/15/2009 pg. 54
Kirkus Review - Children 03/15/2009
School Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 145
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2009 pg. 146 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2009
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 413 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2009 pg. 15
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2010 pg. 14
BookPage 05/01/2009

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 130800 / Funny How Things Change
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 7