Hour of the Bees
by Lindsay Eagar
About the Author
The oldest of four children, Salt Lake City born, Lindsay Eagar, says her childhood was happy, adventurous, and full of books and stories.
She now lives in Salt Lake Valley, and is a full-time writer and stay-at-home-mom. Most days she wakes up and reads, because she believes “reading is fuel for a writer’s tank”.
Hour of the Bees, her debut middle grade novel, went through five edits before it was ready to print.
Works Cited
“Lindsay Eagar.” Walker Books - Lindsay Eagar, www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Lindsay-Eagar-15249.aspx.
About the Book
Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . .
While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina — Carol — is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather she’s never met into a home for people with dementia. At first, Carol avoids prickly Grandpa Serge. But as the summer wears on and the heat bears down, Carol finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by the crazy stories he tells her about a healing tree, a green-glass lake, and the bees that will bring back the rain and end a hundred years of drought. As the thin line between magic and reality starts to blur, Carol must decide for herself what is possible — and what it means to be true to her roots. Readers who dream that there’s something more out there will be enchanted by this captivating novel of family, renewal, and discovering the wonder of the world.
What does it mean to be fully alive? Magic blends with reality in a stunning coming-of-age novel about a girl, a grandfather, wanderlust, and reclaiming your roots.
OTHER REVIEWS-
"A poignant intergenerational story about finding and honoring your roots. -Kirkus Review
"A mystical, memorable riddle of a book." - The Wall Street Journal
"Accomplished...Eagar sustains a sense of wonder and longing for small things to respond to big human need." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Tightly plotted and elegantly characterized...A moving, atmospheric novel." - Booklist (starred review)
"A beautifully written, affecting story." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS-
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Middle Grade & Children's (2016),
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