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Leaving Emma by Nancy Steele Brokaw is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Leaving Emma about?

<p><p>When Emma learns that her forever best friend, Tem, is moving away at the end of the school year, she is miserable. Then she finds out that Dad is going to Turkey for five months on business. And then Mom says she's going to visit him there. Emma feels as though everyone is leaving her, and the prospect of having weird old Great-Aunt Grace come to stay doesn't make her feel any better. But Great-Aunt Grace turns out to be a good listener and to have some useful ideas, and Emma's interest in art takes her in an exciting new direction with the possibility of making some new friends. Saying goodbye isn't easy, but in this insightful, spirited debut novel Emma finds ways to hold on to what is truly important.<p></p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The subject of this first novel--a child's adjustment to change--is relevant and universal, but uneven characterizations and pat plotting mute its impact. Fifth-grader Emma is swamped by fear and a sense of abandonment when her best friend, Tem, announces that she is moving, and when, later that same day, Emma's father breaks the news he will be working overseas for five months. But reactions from Emma's mother, showing similar angst, sound

Who reads Leaving Emma?

Author

Nancy Steele Brokaw

Publisher

New York: Clarion Books

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780395906996

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14