04241cam a2200481 4500 261573834 TxAuBib 20160428120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780823435784 0823435784 9780823435791 0823435792 B01C7X1L0A Amazon ae9cf84e-c1a5-419e-9c14-56be4c3ca2e6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2584109 OverDrive (Product ID) 591506 2584109 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Fitzgerald, Sarah Moore. The Apple Tart of Hope [Libby eBook]. Holiday House, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 969kB. Format: OverDrive Adobe PDF eBook, Filesize: 978kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 969kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. stories about teen suicide. stories about friendship. Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. stories about bullying. The Apple Tart of Hope. (starred review) When Meg's family travels to New Zealand for six months, her best friend, Oscar, suffers a series of humiliations that lead him to try and take his own life. After receiving the news of Oscar's disappearance, Meg's family returns to Ireland to find everyone searching. But after weeks without luck, only Meg and Oscar's brother, Stevie, refuse to give up the hope that Oscar is still alive. Meg begins to piece together the events that led to Oscar's desperate plummet off the town's pier. Chapters told from Oscar's point of view show that he is alive but in hiding. The two interlocking stories reveal the terrible plan designed to break Oscar's spirit as well as the person responsible at its heart. While this is a sweet story of friendship and first love, it is also a road map for keeping hope alive. And while Oscar temporarily loses his way, he is quick to point out that others should never stop searching. Clueless adults, an over-the-top mean girl, and a picturesque small-town atmosphere all come together to make this a quiet story that may be the tiny push that someone thinking of giving up needs to keep going. Meg, a prototypical pale, Irish redhead, and Stevie, who uses a wheelchair and is absolutely indomitable, make a formidable team. Sweetly satisfying. Kirkus Reviews (starred review.) Fourteen-year-old Oscar Dunleavy is missing, presumed dead. His bike was found at sea, out past the end of the pier, and everyone in town seems to have accepted this as a teenage tragedy. But Oscar's best friend Meg knows he isn't dead. Oscar is an optimistic and kind boy who bakes the world's best apple tarts; he would never kill himself, and Meg is going to prove it. Through interwoven narratives, the reader learns what really happened to Oscar. His sweet life had turned sour after Meg's family moved away. Though Meg didn't know it, Oscar had a manipulative bully plaguing him with toxic humiliation. Meg must confront the painful truth of Oscar's past six months—and the possibility that he might really be gone. Surrounded by grief and confusion, she starts to put the pieces back together. This story of love and friendship reminds us to keep hope in our hearts. Young Adult Literature. Young Adult Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2016-04-28 20:00:02. http://www.ntexlibrariesonthego.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=ae9cf84e-c1a5-419e-9c14-56be4c3ca2e6 http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ae9cf84e-c1a5-419e-9c14-56be4c3ca2e6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ae9cf84e-c1a5-419e-9c14-56be4c3ca2e6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ae9cf84e-c1a5-419e-9c14-56be4c3ca2e6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ae9cf84e-c1a5-419e-9c14-56be4c3ca2e6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXMLR