My Own Lightning
My Own Lightning
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Annotation: Publisher Annotation: It's been several months since the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, and the routine of daily life in Wolf Hollow has slowly returned. But for Annabelle McBride it's hard to move forward and make peace with what feels like thread-bare justice. Newly warm summer days are about to bring a jolt of change on the winds of a powerful storm. In its wake, the search for her brother's missing dog will set Annabelle on a new path that brings her to unfamiliar doorsteps and reunites her with a too-familiar adversary-Andy Woodberry, who was complicit in Betty's most terrible acts. Growing up and blazi
 
Reviews: 5
Catalog Number: #321366
Format: Perma-Bound from Publisher's Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin
Copyright Date: 2022
Edition Date: 2022 Release Date: 05/03/22
Pages: 307 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-525-55559-5 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-2375-7
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-525-55559-9 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-2375-1
Dewey: Fic
Dimensions: 21 cm
Language: English
Reviews:
Starred Review ALA Booklist

Starred Review Barely do readers return to 1944 Wolf Hollow before Wolk strikes down her protagonist with a bolt of lightning, swarming Annabelle with stinging pain and snuffing out her consciousness. It's one heck of an opening, and it serves as the impetus for the story that follows. When Annabelle awakens, she is back home, relatively unscathed, save for some burns and bruises; but her senses return incredibly heightened, now allowing her to perceive the feelings of animals. While she delights in this newfound ability, she ponders whether it is a gift bestowed by the lightning or something already inside her that was simply jolted awake. Regardless, the ability comes in handy when Annabelle notices that several local dogs have gone missing, and a surly new neighbor seems a likely culprit. Annabelle's introspective nature remains prominent in this sequel, set a few months after the events of Wolf Hollow (2016). Her feelings toward Andy Woodberry, one of the bullying perpetrators of the earlier tragedies, are put through the wringer here, as she unexpectedly gets to know him better and sees his personal struggles and kindness toward animals. Both characters experience personal growth while coming to understand the complexity of the world around them, and it gives them strength to change themselves and their circumstances for the better. A powerful story to electrify the soul.

Horn Book (Mon Feb 06 00:00:00 CST 2023)

This sequel to Newbery Honor Book Wolf Hollow (rev. 7/16) starts with a bang as protagonist Annabelle McBride is hit by lightning during a summer storm. That event leaves her in a state she describes as "senses wide open." In addition to gaining hypersensitivity to smells, sounds, and touch, Annabelle finds herself able to "read" the feelings of animals. However, the story never tips over into the paranormal, staying firmly grounded in concrete details of 1940s Pennsylvania farm life. The lightning strike ignites a series of four related mysteries. Who was the Good Samaritan who saved Annabelle's life by administering CPR and then disappeared? What's in the Edelmans' barn? Is that urbane stranger in town up to no good? And what has happened to Buster, the family dog? Common to all these threads is Annabelle's shifting relationship with Andy Woodberry, the hateful bully of the original book. This is historical fiction for middle-grade readers who relish a warm family story with an energetic plot; a character who comes into her own; and a fully realized, sensory-rich setting (including delicious descriptions of farm meals). Sarah Ellis

Kirkus Reviews

Difficult life lessons are learned against a backdrop of rural America during World War II.In this sequel to 2016's Wolf Hollow, Annabelle is still processing the grief and guilt of the previous year's events. After she befriended Toby, an anti-social veteran, both of them became the targets of a vicious young bully and her accomplice, an escalating dispute that resulted in two tragic deaths. Now, as Annabelle struggles to understand the nuances of her grief, she experiences a lightning strike that upends her world yet again. With dim memories of aid rendered by a mysterious stranger, Annabelle knows she is lucky to be alive. She is physically healthy despite the brush with death but finds that all of her senses are heightened-including her ability to interpret the body language and signals of animals. Annabelle falls into old habits of suspicion and deception but with good cause: Several dogs have gone missing in the community, and neighbor Andy, one-time sidekick to her former tormentor, is behaving oddly. Annabelle may be the only person equipped to help the missing dogs. Written with warmth, Wolk's complicated characters keep readers guessing. Annabelle learns tough lessons about making assumptions and building trust on the path to forgiveness. All characters are assumed White.Steeped in themes of growth and acceptance, a solid continuation of an impactful first installment. (Historical fiction. 9-14)

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Set in 1944, one year after her Newbery Honor-winning Wolf Hollow, in the same rural Pennsylvania community, Wolk crafts an exceptional sequel that both builds on the complexity of the previous installment and also stands on its own merit. After lightning strikes Annabelle in a sudden storm, and a -mystery hero- with rough hands restarts her heart, she suddenly becomes attuned to

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Word Count: 61,106
Reading Level: 4.5
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.5 / points: 9.0 / quiz: 515528 / grade: Middle Grades
Guided Reading Level: X
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From My Own Lightning

I watched as he tipped his hat and turned toward his truck, which was parked along the edge of the dirt road that led through Wolf Hollow and out, eventually, to the hardtop and on toward places like Aliquippa with its gas stations and coffee shops and beauty salons and all the other things we didn't have in our hills.

Compared to such places, the glen where we lived was like a cradle.

"You can always go visit somewhere else," my father liked to say, "but then you get to come home."

So far, home had been plenty.

But as Mrs. Taylor and I watched Mr. Graf pull away, a part of me wanted to see what else there was to see.

"He must really love his dog to go driving around the countryside like that," Mrs. Taylor said. "And to offer such a big reward!"

"He must," I replied.

And then, just before she shut the door, I caught sight of a boy on the other side of the road, a bit down from the schoolhouse, standing in the tall weeds, watching us.

Despite the trees casting shadows along the road, despite the way he had pulled his hat down low over his forehead, I knew who he was.

Andy Woodberry.

"What's he doing here?" Mrs. Taylor said, and I could hear that she was frowning.

"I don't know. He's hardly ever in school when he's supposed to be, but now it's June and here he is."

Mrs. Taylor responded by closing the door and, with it, the subject.

But I stayed where I was for a long moment, wondering what had brought Andy this way. There was nothing much along this piece of road except the school and, a bit farther down toward the flatland, our old potato house where we stored the crop until we could sell it. A distance beyond that: the Woodberry farm. Where Andy should have been.

But Andy wasn't my business anymore. And I was not his keeper.

Excerpted from My Own Lightning by Lauren Wolk
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Bestselling author Lauren Wolk returns to the world of Wolf Hollow, in this sequel to her beloved, Newbery Honor–winning debut.

★ “A powerful story to electrify the soul.” –Booklist, starred review

“Deep, dark, and indelible.” —The Times of London

It’s been several months since the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, and the routine of daily life in Wolf Hollow has slowly returned. But for Annabelle McBride it’s hard to move forward and make peace with what feels like threadbare justice.
 
Newly warm summer days are about to bring a jolt of change on the winds of a powerful storm. In its wake, the search for her brother’s missing dog will set Annabelle on a new path that brings her to unfamiliar doorsteps and reunites her with a too-familiar adversary—Andy Woodberry, who was complicit in Betty’s most terrible acts. Growing up and blazing her own trail will soon force Annabelle to reexamine deeply felt truths—about people, about justice, about herself—that had once seemed so uncomplicated.
 
Bestselling author Lauren Wolk (Beyond the Bright Sea, Echo Mountain) returns to World War II–era Western Pennsylvania in this luminous sequel to her Newbery Honor–winning debut, Wolf Hollow, proving once again why her acclaimed novels have been celebrated as “historical fiction at its finest.”


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