{"id":11265,"date":"2020-05-08T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11265"},"modified":"2020-05-08T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:03:03","slug":"what-gift-given-this-time-forever-glimmer-creek-by-stacy-hackney-middle-grade-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11265","title":{"rendered":"What gift given this time? FOREVER GLIMMER CREEK, by Stacy Hackney (middle grade book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11266\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=11266\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg.jpg?fit=596%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"596,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg.jpg?fit=596%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg.jpg?resize=298%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Forever Glimmer Creek, by Stacy Hackney. Published by Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" class=\"wp-image-11266\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg.jpg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Miracles are unpredictable,<br>a gift that&#8217;s useful or not,<br>in her town, Miracles are real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year a Glimmer Creek resident gets a trace of magic after surviving a danger, and no one knows why a particular person gets their Miracle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosie knows Miracles aren&#8217;t a legend, so the seventh grader is going to interview them all for her Festival movie instead of investigating the <a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.co\/10-lost-treasures-in-america-waiting-to-be-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Lost Train Treasure, (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Lost Train Treasure,<\/a> like Henry wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not every Miracle holder wants to talk about their experience, Henry and Cam can&#8217;t help with every filming session like they used to, and time to finish her documentary is running short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mama and Rosie are the perfect pair &#8211; why won&#8217;t the Sheriff stay away?<br>Her long-gone dad is filming nearby &#8211; why won&#8217;t Mama ever let him visit?<br>Cam is so busy with the soccer team &#8211; what if she doesn&#8217;t have time for Rosie anymore?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Rosie could just have her own Miracle &#8211; she would bring home her movie actor father, become a noted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyfa.edu\/student-resources\/the-beginners-guide-to-the-filmmaking-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"film director (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"aioseop-link\">film director<\/a>, keep her two best friends forever\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read chapter one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Forever-Glimmer-Creek\/Stacy-Hackney\/9781534444843\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"aioseop-link\">here<\/a> for free, thanks to the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s your happily-ever-after movie ending?<br>**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Forever Glimmer Creek \/ Stacy Hackney. Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2020.   [<a href=\"https:\/\/stacyhackney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"author site (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"aioseop-link\">author site<\/a>]  [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Forever-Glimmer-Creek\/Stacy-Hackney\/9781534444843\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"publisher site (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"aioseop-link\">publisher site<\/a>]  Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miracles are unpredictable,a gift that&#8217;s useful or not,in her town, Miracles are real. Every year a Glimmer Creek resident gets a trace of magic after surviving a danger, and no one knows why a particular person gets their Miracle. Rosie knows Miracles aren&#8217;t a legend, so the seventh grader is going to interview them all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,19,51,41],"tags":[90,22,7,4,11,20,5,16,87,40,44,43,27,49,184,180,15,9,21,35,129,8,209],"class_list":["post-11265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","category-mystery","category-paranormal","tag-abandonment","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-communication","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-divorce","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-medical","tag-memories","tag-mothers","tag-movies","tag-relationships","tag-school","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-treasure","tag-us-author","tag-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/forever-glimmer-creek-9781534444843_xlg.jpg?fit=596%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11267,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11265\/revisions\/11267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}