- Cats, Death, Family life, Fiction
Thirteen-year-old Mia Winchell has a secret: sounds, numbers, and words appear to her in color. Mia has synesthesia, the mingling of perceptions whereby a person sees sounds or tastes shapes. This coming-of-age novel chronicles Mia's developing appreciation for her gift.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Wendy Mass
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning, Wydawnictwo Feeria, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- Polish, English
- ISBN
- 9780756970215
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“"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs," says my best friend, Jenna Davis, as we climb farther down into the steep, parched ravine.”
Wendy Mass is the *New York Times* bestselling author of thirty-one novels for young people (which have been translated into 32 languages and nominated for 92 state book awards), her first was ***A Mango-Shaped Space*** (which was awarded the Schneider Family Book Award by the American Library Association), followed by ***Leap Day***, the ***Twice Upon a Time*** fairy tale series, ***Every Soul a Star***, ***The Willow Falls*** series (that began with ***11 Birthdays****)*, ***Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall***, ***Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life*** (which was made into a feature film), ***The Candymakers*** series and ***Pi in the Sky***. Her latest books are ***Bob*** (co-written with
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