'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. For six years, Summer has been passed among her relatives in Ohio until Aunt May and Uncle Ob, who have come for a visit, decide to take her to their home in West Virginia. Read Missing May by Cynthia Rylant available from Rakuten Kobo. Listen online or offline with Android, iOS, web, Chromecast, and Google Assistant. When Aunt May dies, 12-year-old Summer and her Uncle Ob are paralyzed with grief and must find the strength to go on living. Get instant access to all your favorite books. For more information about Cynthia Rylant, visit: /tradebooks Missing May audiobook written by Cynthia Rylant. Rylant has said, 'Books alter our hearts.' Her books are a testament to this promise. With simplicity and grace, Rylant's books explore such subjects as aging, the trials of spirituality, the loss of a loved one, and the spirit and integrity of family life with all its joys and hardships. Since then, she's written more than 60 children's books and received numerous awards, including the Newbery and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. Then she became 'hooked on great writing.I didn't know about this part of me until I went to college-didn't know that I loved beautiful stories.' One night, inspired by the Southern writer, James Agee, she wrote her first picture book, When I Was Young in the Mountains, which was an instant success. She never dreamed of being a writer until she took one college English class.

They only know they need something to ease their sorrow and give them strength to go on living-always knowing they will never stop missing may.From the Trade Paperback edition.Available for purchase at:Apple - Audiobook (Downloadable format)Audible - Audiobook (Downloadable format)audiobooks.As a child in West Virginia, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant devoured comic books and paperback romances.

Summer wants to hear from May too.Ob and Summer don't know what to expect when they set off on their search for some sign from May. Cletus Underwood, a strange boy from school, reads about someone who could help him do that.

Most days Ob seems like he doesn't want to go on.But then Ob feels May's spirit around him and he wants to contact her. Summer, who misses May with all her might, is afraid something will happen to Ob. Since summer was six years old she lived with dear Aunt May and Uncle Ob.

Missing may by cynthia rylant