Violet Mackerel's Remarkable Recovery
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Ebook · February 5, 2013
In this irresistibly charming chapter book, the charismatic Violet Mackerel knows how to stay upbeat—even when her throat feels as if there’s a cactus in it!
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- Who it’s for
- Violet’s small-gift theory brings a cheerful, fanciful edge to recovery from tonsil surgery.
- Themes
- Small acts of kindness, New friendship, Recovery from surgery
- Genres
- Chapter Books, Illness & Injury, Friendship
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In this irresistibly charming chapter book, the charismatic Violet Mackerel knows how to stay upbeat—even when her throat feels as if there’s a cactus in it! Seven-year-old Violet Mackerel has a new theory: If someone has a problem and you give them something small, like a feather, or a pebble, or a purple lozenge, that small thing might have a strange and special way of helping them.
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Violet gets the chance to put “The Theory of Giving Small Things” to the test when a bad case of tonsillitis requires the removal of her tonsils, and she suspects that the purple lozenge from Doctor Singh may help her in quite an extraordinary way. And indeed, with a freezer stocked with breakfast ice cream, a wonderful new friend in the waiting room, and the certainty that surgery will transform her voice into that of an opera singer on the radio, Violet’s recovery proves more than extraordinary—it is, unquestionably, remarkable.
Small Things, Big Cheer
Violet’s small-gift theory brings a cheerful, fanciful edge to recovery from tonsil surgery.
Come here for
- A hopeful child’s theory about how small gifts might help
- A buoyant take on an uncomfortable stretch of recovery
Expect
- Violet’s imaginative outlook, including her hopes for a changed voice
- Small kindnesses alongside tonsil-surgery recovery
Where it sits
| Friendship | 88% |
|---|---|
| Chapter Books | 68% |
| Illness & Injury | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Family Stories
- Friendship
- New Experiences
- Authors
- Anna Branford
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- February 5, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Small acts of kindness · New friendship · Recovery from surgery
- Reading lane
- Family Stories