

Things Hoped For
Author: Andrew Clements
Narrator: Nancy Wu
Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/11/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Performing Arts Stories
Author: Andrew Clements
Narrator: Nancy Wu
Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 03/11/2008
Categories: Children's Fiction, Performing Arts Stories
Andrew Clements (1949–2019) was the author of the enormously popular Frindle. More than 10 million copies of his books have been sold, and he was nominated for a multitude of state awards, including a Christopher Award and an Edgar Award. His popular works include About Average, Troublemaker, Extra Credit, Lost and Found, No Talking, Room One, Lunch Money, and more. He was also the author of the Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School series. Find out more at AndrewClements.com.
Read for the fourth time in 2021. When I decided to re-read Things Hoped For in 2020, I didn't realize it had been 10 years since I last read the book! I'll be re-reading this book and the other two in the series more often because when the library closed in 2020, I bought my own copies. Beautiful in......more
I didn't enjoy this book as much as the first one, Things Not Seen. In the first book the invisible boy is the main character; in this one, it's all about a girl who is studying to be a concert violinist, and the invisiblity thing doesn't even show up until much later in the book. Seventeen year old......more
This book was about a girl named Gwen. Her passion was music. While she's preparing to audition for top music schools in New York, she finds out that her grandfather suddenly disappeared. But before he left, he wrote her a letter telling her not to worry and that he left some money for her while he'......more