The Warden's Daughter

The Warden's Daughter

<b>From Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli (<i>Maniac Magee</i>, <i>Stargirl</i>) comes the "moving and memorable" (<i>Kirkus Reviews,</i> starred) story of a girl</b> <b>searching for happiness inside the walls of a prison.</b><br /> <b> </b><br /> Cammie O'Reilly lives at the Hancock County Prison--not as a prisoner, she's the warden's daughter. She spends the mornings hanging out with shoplifters and reformed arsonists in the women's excercise yard, which gives Cammie a certain cache with her school friends. <br /><br />But even though Cammie's free to leave the prison, she's still stuck. And sad, and really mad. Her mother died saving her from harm when she was just a baby. You wouldn't think you could miss something you never had, but on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, the thing Cammie most wants is a mom. A prison might not be the best place to search for a mother, but Cammie is determined and she's willing to work with what she's got.<br />  <br />"Jerry Spinelli again proves why he's the king of storytellers" (Shelf Awarenss, starred) in this tale of a girl who learns that heroes can come in surprising disguises, and that even if we don't always get what we want, sometimes we really do get what we need.<br />  <br />"This book is never boring and never predictable. Fame, good and bad fortune, friendship and mental illness all make their way into [Cammie's] narrative."—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />Praise for the works of Jerry Spinelli:<br /> <br />“Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion.” —<i>The New York Times</i><br /> <br />“It's almost unreal how much the children's book still resonates.” —Bustle.com on <i>Maniac Magee</i>