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In this tender novel set in 1955 Mill Town, Wisconsin, Sandra Kring explores the complicated bond between mothers and daughters, the pressure to conform, and the meaning of friendship and family.
Bantam
April 2010
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Featuring: Isabella Marlene (Teaspoon); Teddy Favors; Brenda Bloom
368 pages
ISBN: 0385341210
EAN: 9780385341219
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Contemporary
From the author of "The Book of Bright Ideas, How High
the Moon" illustrates that each person is both teacher and
student--and that the only opinion that really matters is
the one a person has of herself. Ten-year-old Isabella “Teaspoon” Marlene has been a handful
ever since her mother, Catty, dumped her with an old
boyfriend and ran off to Hollywood. Teaspoon fights, fibs,
never stops singing, and is as unpredictable and fearless as
a puppy off its leash. Still, Teddy Favors, a man who has
taken his share of kicks, is determined to raise her right.
Teaspoon wants to be better for Teddy—even if that means
agreeing to take part in a do-gooder mentorship program and
being paired up with Brenda Bloom, the beautiful reigning
Sweetheart of Mill Town. Against all odds, as the summer
passes, this unlikely duo discover a special friendship as
they face personal challenges, determined to follow their
hearts instead of convention. It’s while Brenda and Teaspoon are putting together the
grandest show the Starlight Theater has ever seen that Catty
returns to Mill Town, shattering illusions and testing
loyalties. But by the final curtain call, one determined
little girl shows an entire town the healing that can happen
when you let your heart take center stage.
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