WINNER of the WILLA Literary Award for Best Young Adult Fiction "admirably evokes the dusty, gritty aura of Depression-era Colorado" - Publisher's Weekly "With subtlety and insight, Taylor introduces readers to complexities and truths about love and family" - American Library Association "Taylor nails small-town agrarian Dust Bowl life in the '30s." - School Library Journal On the Depression era Colorado plains, there's nothing but dust and empty farms. It's an unforgiving background to the violence in Cissy Funk's life. She's alone on a scrap of a farm with her mother and brother, and her mother hasn't recovered from the death of Cissy's baby sister. She's turned cold, and mean, and she's turned against Cissy, singling her out, leaving bruises and a breaking heart. When Cissy's Aunt Vera turns up, with her warm hugs and pretty clothes, it looks like there just might be hope on the horizon after all. Vera is determined to make sure Cissy is safe and loved, despite her sister in law, despite the hard times, despite her own fears. But these hard times are more than failed crops and no work. There's a trouble in Cissy's family that no one is willing to tell her about, and it's threatening to bring her fragile happiness crashing down. When there's nothing but dirt, dust, and the faintest glimpse of delight, Cissy has to find the strength to grab onto what she can. Her family might not be what she thought it was, but maybe it can be exactly what she needs.

Cissy Funk

Children's Books

Taylor, Kim

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

WINNER of the WILLA Literary Award for Best Young Adult Fiction "admirably evokes the dusty, gritty aura of Depression-era Colorado" - Publisher's Weekly "With subtlety and insight, Taylor introduces readers to complexities and truths about love and family" - American Library Association "Taylor nails small-town agrarian Dust Bowl life in the '30s." - School Library Journal On the Depression era Colorado plains, there's nothing but dust and empty farms. It's an unforgiving background to the violence in Cissy Funk's life. She's alone on a scrap of a farm with her mother and brother, and her mother hasn't recovered from the death of Cissy's baby sister. She's turned cold, and mean, and she's turned against Cissy, singling her out, leaving bruises and a breaking heart. When Cissy's Aunt Vera turns up, with her warm hugs and pretty clothes, it looks like there just might be hope on the horizon after all. Vera is determined to make sure Cissy is safe and loved, despite her sister in law, despite the hard times, despite her own fears. But these hard times are more than failed crops and no work. There's a trouble in Cissy's family that no one is willing to tell her about, and it's threatening to bring her fragile happiness crashing down. When there's nothing but dirt, dust, and the faintest glimpse of delight, Cissy has to find the strength to grab onto what she can. Her family might not be what she thought it was, but maybe it can be exactly what she needs.

Part of a series, this book describing life hidden underneath fallen logs, bark, stones, sand, leaves, fur and feathers gives an insight into the unseen world of nature. Through the juxtaposition of text and colour photographs taken using special camera techniques, it describes a world normally hidden from the human eye.

Hidden Underneath

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

HIDDEN UNDERNEATH (Secret Worlds)

Part of a series, this book describing life hidden inside a log of wood, a pupa, a raindrop, a rock pool, an egg, a shell, a termite hill, a paper nest, a stone and a cat reveals the unseen world of nature. Through the juxtaposition of text and colour photographs taken using special camera techniques, it describes a world normally hidden from the human eye.

Hidden Inside

Examines things ordinarily hidden in nature, such as a snail in a conch, kittens inside a cat, and reflections in drops of water

HIDDEN INSIDE (Secret Worlds)

Part of a series, this book reveals the unseen world hidden under water. Through the juxtaposition of text and colour photographs taken whilst using special camera techniques it describes the world at the bottom of a pond, amphibians, the development of a frog, coral reefs, sea anemones, fishes, squids and octupuses, lobsters and crabs, flying fish, water nymphs and sea horses - a world normally hidden from the human eye.

HIDDEN UNDERWATER (Secret Worlds)

Describes animals that make their homes underwater, such as the Mojarra, the sea horse, and the Royal Gramma

Part of a series, this book reveals what is too clever to be seen, such as insects that use camouflage to disguise themselves. Through the juxtaposition of text and colour photographs which have been taken with special camera techniques the child is shown a world normally hidden from the human eye.

Too Clever to See

Text and photographs introduce animals who, by a variety of means, make it difficult for the human (and other animal) eyes to see

TOO CLEVER TO SEE (Secret Worlds)

Doubleday Books for Young Readers

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Cissy Funk

Cissy Funk

Hidden Underneath

HIDDEN UNDERNEATH (Secret Worlds)

Hidden Inside

HIDDEN INSIDE (Secret Worlds)

HIDDEN UNDERWATER (Secret Worlds)

HIDDEN UNDERWATER (Secret Worlds)

Too Clever to See

TOO CLEVER TO SEE (Secret Worlds)