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Fitz

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Pub Date Nov 13 2012 | Archive Date Nov 13 2012

Random House Children's Books | Knopf Books for Young Readers

Children's Fiction | Teens & YA

Description

Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. He'd smile. What father wouldn't want this boy?

Fifteen-year-old Fitzgerald—Fitz, to his friends—has just learned that his father, whom he's never met, who supports him but is not a part of his life, is living nearby. Fitz begins to follow him, watch him, study him, and on an otherwise ordinary May morning, he executes a plan to force his father, at gunpoint, to be with him.

Over the course of one spring day, Fitz and his father become real to one another. Fitz learns about his father, why he's chosen to remain distant and what really happened between him and Fitz's mother. And his father learns what sort of boy his son has grown up to become.
Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. He'd smile. What father wouldn't want this boy?

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Advance Praise

Praise for The Girl Who Threw Butterflies:

"Lovely and memorable."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"An honest, humorous, and emotionally moving account of one girl's adjustment to the death of her baseball-loving father and her relationship with her mother."—Booklist

"Beautifully crafted . . . full of wise and witty turns of phrase and insights about the human condition."—The Buffalo News

Praise for The Girl Who Threw Butterflies:

"Lovely and memorable."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"An honest, humorous, and emotionally moving account of one girl's adjustment to the death of her...

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Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9780375856839
PRICE $16.99 (USD)
PAGES 240

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