Sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop's attempt to commit suicide by driving drunk results in the death of a lovely, talented high school student, but he finds forgiveness and gains an understanding of the interconnectedness of life when he honors a request by the victim's parents to build four whiligigs in her memory and place them in Washington, California, Florida, and Maine.
year: 1998, 1999, 2008, 2010
call number/section: 1000
subjects: whirligigs, fiction, voyages and travels, forgiveness, readers rule, decisions, decisions, juvenile fiction, audiobooks, compact discs
Editions
Fleischman, Paul
H. Holt (1998)
While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he caused, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
Schools: 25
Fleischman, Paul
Dell Laurel-Leaf (1999)
While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
Schools: 7
Fleischman, Paul
Findaway World (2008)
While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he caused, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
Schools: 0
Fleischman, Paul
Square Fish (2010)
While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he caused, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
Schools: 2
Fleischman, Paul
Sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop's attempt to commit suicide by driving drunk results in the death of a lovely, talented high school student, but he finds forgiveness and gains an understanding of the interconnectedness of life when he honors a request by the victim's parents to build four whiligigs in her memory and place them in Washington, California, Florida, and Maine.
Schools: 2