Books like Nora by Constance C. Greene
Nora is thirteen and her world is turned upside down when her father announces he will remarry. She must navigate the emotions of her new grandmother, the rivalry with her younger sister Patsy over a new boy at school, and a strange, seemingly supernatural presence that feels familiar—her mother, who died three years earlier. Through family tensions and haunting moments, Nora learns the power of truth, belonging, and the secrets that keep a mother alive in a daughter’s heart.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Constance C. Greene
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