Wild Mountain Ivy
$54.07
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2026
Summary
Months after catching a common virus, twelve-year-old Ivy still hasn’t recovered.
Ivy doesn’t even have the energy to play music. Hoping a change of scenery will help, she’s spending the summer in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, where her uncle has converted an old house into a bed and breakfast. The Everly House has a long history—including a stint as a sanatorium, a treatment center for tuberculosis patients, in the 1920s.
Ivy starts having dreams abo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798765670828 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Shannon Hitchcock |
| Publisher: | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 345g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 10-14 |
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Critics Review
“Full of found family that feels like a warm hug, interwoven historical narratives from Hitchcock’s previous work, and a compelling protagonist, this is a sweet middle-grade novel that promises an uplifting variation on the pandemic story and resonates deeply with Appalachian spirit.“—Booklist
“A first purchase for collections in need of stories centering young people with chronic illness.“—School Library Journal
“Shannon Hitchcock’s timely and timeless story about the heartbreak of loss and the healing power of love and family will make your heart sing!“—Bobbie Pyron, award-winning author of Octopus Moon and Stay
“Imaginative and rich in detail, this novel flows between timelines as seamlessly and soulfully as a mountain ballad.“—Kerry O’Malley Cerra, author of Make a Little Wave and Hear Me
“A sensitive, haunting, and timely tale about the impact of debilitating illnesses that force us to pivot—leaving us somehow stronger, wiser, and more connected than before.“—Sarah Scheerger, author of Operation Frog Effect
Shannon Hitchcock
Shannon Hitchcock grew up on her grandparents’ farm in rural North Carolina. She is the author of numerous middle grade novels including Flying Over Water, cowritten with N.H. Senzai which was selected as a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, and Dancing in the Storm, cowritten with Amie Darnell Specht which was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
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