The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grack..., Shawn K. Stout
The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grack..., Shawn K. Stout
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The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle

Author: Shawn K. Stout

Narrator: Jess Combs, Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/31/2022

Synopsis

Do you believe in impossible things? Cutie Grackle does. She has to. Otherwise, she’ll never be more than a lonely 10 year old in a cursed family.

Cutie Grackle is used to being different—she lives alone on a mountain withher feeble-minded uncle, and when she’s not sucking pebbles to trick her stomach into feeling full, she’s chatting with a weathered garden gnome forcompany. But having a flock of ravens follow you is more than just different.Cutie worries the birds are connected to the curse Uncle Horace tends tomutter about. And she’s right.
 
The ravens present her with a fortune from a cookie, and when she touches itshe’s pulled into a vision from her family’s past. It involves the curse and herlong-lost mother. The birds offer up a series of objects, each imbued withmemories that eventually reveal Cutie must do what her mother could not:break the curse.
 
Part outdoor survival adventure, part fantastical quest, Shawn K. Stout’s TheImpossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle is a journey of hope, heart, and awillingness to believe in the impossible.

About The Author

Shawn K. Stout is the author of several books for young readers,including A Tiny Piece of Sky (Philomel/PRH), which was a Bank Street BestBook. Shawn holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults fromVermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Maryland with her family. Visit herat www.shawnkstout.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla

History is not your destiny. Uncover your destiny, and you will remake history. Cutie Grackle's life feels impossible. There is a curse on her family and the only relative she has left, Uncle Horace, lives his life in a fog. It is hard for an 11-year-old to stretch that monthly box of food from the......more

Goodreads review by Reading_

Thank you, Peachtree, for the advance reading copy. I see myself including this book for anything related to middle grade book recommendations that I am ever going to come up with. It's awesome! Starting from the cover to the plot and the characters (don't just assume it's all about human characters!......more

Goodreads review by Erin Entrada

I loved this book. So beautifully written. So imaginative.......more

Goodreads review by periwynn

A beautiful, heartfelt middle grade story. It's set in a real world, but sprinkled with magic and old curses and mysteries which we see slowly unravel. The story gripped me at the very beginning and didn't let me go to the very end. The pacing was great, the plot intriguing, the writing beautiful, ye......more

Goodreads review by Kirsty

Really enjoyed this book. Mysterious and heartwarming; we follow the main character Cutie and her quest to uncover and break the curse that has been plaguing her family for years. Cutie is a resilient and kind character who stops at nothing to rescue her family and friends and it was her characteris......more

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