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Listen, Kristin McGlothlin

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Includes bibliographic references (pages 149-151)

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Listen

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Kristin McGlothlin

Sourland Mountain series, book 2

In order to play more music in the future, Gwilym first has to deal with the past. Thriteen-year-old Gwilym Duckworthy's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. It's a day he spends with his family and friends, playing football and taking part in a scavenger hunt. He is thankful for his good life. But this year, our of the blue, his mom calls him, wanting to reconnect, which forces Gwilym to deal with his complicated feelings about her leaving his family when he was just three years old. Gwilym has decided he wants to learn to play the trumpet, and when his mom tells him she's going to be in town with her jazz band to play at Princeton University, he wonders if she somehow knows about his musical dreams. Gwilym's mom asks him to meet with her alone, giving him an opportunity to find out more about her and why she left his family. But why did she contact only Gwilym, and what does she want from him, now that so many years have gone by? Listen delves into the issue of abandonment and reveals how, through forgiveness and acceptance, we can discover that we are more alike than we thought

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