What About Hailey?
- Publisher
- CAVERN OF DREAMS PUBLISHING
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2016
- Category
- Adoption
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 14
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 9
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781927899205
- Publish Date
- Jan 2016
- List Price
- $15.00
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Description
Hailey Williams is looking for a forever family for herself and her 6-year-old brother Dylan. It's been three years since their parents were killed in a freak car accident; three years of foster homes and broken promises. Hailey has just about given up hope—she's sure with her and Dylan's health issues no one will ever want to adopt them—until she meets the Marcottes.
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Contributor Notes
R. Jetleb moved to Brantford, from Toronto, with her husband, Matthias, and their two children in July 2013. When she is not writing, editing, or dreaming up a new story, she is working at a daycare centre in Paris, Ontario. She also enjoys going to the movies and reading as many books as she can get her hands on. What About Hailey is Jetleb's first novel.
Excerpt: What About Hailey? (by (author) Regina Jetleb; editor-in-chief Bethany Jamieson; associate editor Danielle Tanguay; managing editor Mary Cushnie-Mansour; cover design or artwork by Terry Davis)
On Friday, Hailey was packing for their first weekend visit with the Marcottes. She had already checked and rechecked to make sure Dylan’s medicine was packed; he had another ear infection. She tossed her own inhalers into the duffel bag as she thought about the weekend ahead. Even though she hated having a social worker, the reality was that she needed Anna to help her and her brother find their forever family. If she couldn't have her own family back, the Marcottes seemed like they could be that forever family. It was still hard for her, though, to accept that her parents were gone. Sometimes she liked to pretend they were simply on an extended vacation and would be back any day to pick her and Dylan up. But, she had readily agreed to a weekend visit with the Marcottes when Anna had asked her; she had been surprised and relieved the Marcottes still wanted to have them over for the weekend after their disastrous meeting. She needed a plan. Plans of action always helped her to feel better—they gave her something to do instead of just feeling nervous. She paced the room as she thought. What if she just relaxed and didn’t worry so much about making a good impression? Then, if the Marcottes still chose to adopt her in spite of her less-than-perfect behaviour, everything would work out. Yeah, that sounds good! Hailey smiled. It would show her if the Marcottes would stick with her through thick and thin.
