The Anxious Exile of Sara Salt
Gabrielle Prendergast
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Key Selling Points
- After Sara's brother is born premature, she goes to stay with her half-sister Abby, who is an architect and advocate for the unhoused community. Sara learns that her anxiety and selective mutism don't need to hold her back from speaking her mind and making change.
- A major theme of this book is compassion for others. It invites readers to view the world through the eyes of Sara, who is neurodiverse, as she learns more about the unhoused community and their struggles.
- Emphasizes how one person can make change by speaking up against injustices and problem-solving ways to help those in need.
- The device of a novel in letters not only helps readers get into Sara's head (in diary style) but also perfectly underscores the theme of the power of the word, shows her connection to Birdy and allows us to watch Sara's confidence and skills grow.
- Provides a great starting point for discussion on various wide-ranging themes including neurodiversity, blended families, mental illness, systemic oppression and homelessness.
- A list of the movies, songs and books Sara likes appear in a list called "Sara's Picks" at the end of the book.
- Gabrielle Prendergast is an award-winning writer of everything from picture books to early chapter books to middle-grade and YA novels.
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homeless encampments, premature baby, standing up for others, homelessness, apartment living, selective mutism, unhoused people, making change, letter writing, transitional housing, middle grade novel, poverty, epistolary, dogs, family, storage container housing, kindness, anxiety, advocacy, community, neurodivergent characters, coming of age, activism, step parent, urban setting, compassion, new siblings