Awake Format:Hardcover the two distinct parts of

the two distinct parts of this astonishing novel combine to produce an unforgettable experience for its two young heroines—and for the reader

The original woodcut endpapers are reproduced in the back of the book

when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death

she can’t stop thinking about performing her poems

and authentically told with the voice and point of view of a 6th-grade kid

Awake Format:Hardcover the two distinct parts ofIn a big, big city on a busy street at the tipity top of a tall building lives a girl. One night, after a story, a snuggle, and one last sip of water, she was getting so sleepy when out of the corner of her eye A SPIDER! The girl was no longer sleepy. Now, she was . . . Awake. But what is she to do? Now she must face her fear and solve the biggest problem she's ever faced: how to get the spider out of her room without actually having to go near it.