Heart Like a Broken Arrow (23)
Seventeen-year-old Fern Blakely struggles to overcome her younger brother's death, for which she feels responsible. Fern drinks to forget. After a night of partying, she crashes her truck on an icy Vermont road, and her life is changed forever. A former runner, Fern is now paralyzed from the waist down. Her depressed mother has neither the funds nor the ability to care for her, so Fern is sent to live with Helen, her estranged fathers aunt. It is with Helen that Fern overcomes her own depression and develops a love for archery. This passion sets Fern on a new path, but will she ever be able to outrun her past?
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SeriesSingle Chapter Books
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ManufacturerEnslow Publishing
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PublisherEnslow: West 44 Books
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Publisher or imprintEnslow: West 44 Books
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AuthorBarnett, Maija
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ISBN-139781978596498
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FormatReinforced Library Binding
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Size5.5 X 8.25
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Reading Interest9,10,11,12
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# of Pages200
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Dewey Decimal811.60809282--dc23
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Guided Reading LevelM
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Date Published2023
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SubjectFiction, Chapter Book, Stories in Verse, Substance Abuse, Drugs, Alcohol
Seventeen-year-old Fern Blakely struggles to overcome her younger brother's death, for which she feels responsible. Fern drinks to forget. After a night of partying, she crashes her truck on an icy Vermont road, and her life is changed forever. A former runner, Fern is now paralyzed from the waist down. Her depressed mother has neither the funds nor the ability to care for her, so Fern is sent to live with Helen, her estranged fathers aunt. It is with Helen that Fern overcomes her own depression and develops a love for archery. This passion sets Fern on a new path, but will she ever be able to outrun her past?