num_pages: 240
description: For fans of Kate DiCamillo and Sharon Creech comes this both raw and warm in its compassionate telling ( Publishers Weekly ) middle grade novel about a young girl her pet bearded dragon and the friends who make her summer one to remember.Georgia Weatherss worry machine has been on full blast since her mom Blythe took off in Lyle Lenczyckis blue sedan. Earlier that same day Blythe gave Georgia a bearded dragon named Freddy. Georgia is convinced that if she loves Freddy enough Blythe will come home.Georgia isnt the only one with family predicaments. Her friend Maria Garcias parents have merrily moved out of the house and into a camper in the yard. Roland Park is the new boy in town. As a kid in the foster care system staying with the Farley family hes sure his stay is temporary. When the three friends discover an abandoned glass house in the forest it becomes their secret a place all their own free of parents and problems. But glass can be broken.When everything around them feels out of their control the question becomes what can they hold on to? And what do they have to let go? It turns out there are some thingsand lizardsthey can count on.
language: English
title: The Care and Keeping of Freddy
publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books