The Order of Things

The Order of ThingsBy: Kaija Langley A heart rending novel in verse about a girl beginning to learn it is possible to go on even after a great loss. Eleven year old April Jackson loves playing the drums, almost as much as she loves her best friend, Zee, a violin prodigy. They both dream of becoming professional musicians one day. When Zee starts attending a new school that will nurture his talent, April decides its time for her to pursue her dreams, too, and finally

When seeds

causing him to stare into an abyss so deep that it threatens to swallow not just him

and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter

Can Amar find his way back to the people who know and love him best

Holdforth wonderfully manages to show that manners are not about saying please and thank you

It's a simple job

Look for all twelve of Humphrey's adventures

no matter what size audience they’re addressing

Braithwaite is forced to rethink her old-fashioned notions of status

and at the experiences of those who have reached out to him across the years to share their own struggles

When a figure from her past shows up unannounced

values social propriety