Circa Now

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By Amber McRee Turner

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Twelve-year-old Circa Monroe has a knack for restoring old photographs. It’s a skill she learned from her dad, who loves old pictures and putting fun digital twists on them. His altered “Shopt” photos look so real that they could fool nearly anybody, and Circa treasures the fun stories he makes up to explain each creation. One day, her father receives a strange phone call requesting an urgent delivery, and he heads out into a storm. The unimaginable happens: a tornado, then a terrible accident, and Circa never sees her dad again. Just as Circa and her mom begin to pick up the pieces, a mysterious boy shows up on their doorstep, a boy called Miles who remembers nothing about his past. The only thing he has with him is the photograph that Circa’s dad intended to deliver on the day he died. As Circa tries to help Miles recover his identity, she begins to notice something strange about the photos she and her father retouched???the digital flourishes added to the old photos seem to exist in real life. The mysteries of the Shopt photos and Miles’s past are intertwined, and in order to solve both, Circa will have to figure out what’s real and what’s an illusion. With stunning prose, captivating photographs, and a hint of magic, Circa Now is a gripping story full of hope and heart.

  • "...by the end, Cass will have worked her quirky way into readers' hearts."
    School Library Journal
  • "Cass' strong, complex emotions resonate throughout the story, and the moments of tenderness ring true. A promising first novel."
    Booklist Online
  • "This title, a first by the author and a recommended purchase, is filled with believable characters, inventive words, humor and sadness."
    Children's Literature
  • SWAY was selected a Starbucks/iBookstore Pick of the Week.
    Starbucks/iBookstore
  • Praise forSway:"...fascinating and utterly credible...A linguistically playful heart-wrencher about healing, love, forgiveness and the power of believing in something good, whether it's old soap or your own family."
    Kirkus

On Sale
May 27, 2014
Page Count
288 pages
ISBN-13
9781423187837