Description
The quest to save the words of a dying languageand to find the words to save what may be a dying friendshiplies at the heart of this exquisite verse novel
Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend Lizard that thousands of the worlds languages are currently threatened by extinction Betsys mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever But it is Lizard who gripped by the magnitude of this loss challenges Betsy What if instead of WRITING about dying languages like your mom you and I SAVED one instead
As the girls embark on their quest to learn as much as possible of the nearextinct language of Guernsiais spoken on the Isle of Guernsey off the coast of France their friendship faces unexpected strains With Lizard increasingly obsessed with the language project Betsy begins to seek greater independence from her controlling and charismatic friend as well as from her controlling and charismatic mother Then tragedy threatens Betsys life beyond what any words can express and Lizard does something unthinkable
Maybe lost friendships like lost languages can never be completely saved
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