The white bicycle

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Red Deer Press
Publication Date
[2012]
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English

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The White Bicycle is the third title in the Wild Orchid trilogy following the adventures of Taylor Jane, a young woman with Asperger's Syndrome. In The White Bicycle, Taylor travels to the south of France with her mother and her friends. She is going to be working for the summer babysitting for the Phoenix family. While on this journey Taylor will embark on another quest for independence both personal and universal as she casts her mind back to her earliest memories.

Governor General's Literary Award 2013 finalist

Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) Best Fiction for Young Adults (BFYA) 2014 nominee

Michael L. Printz Award, Honor Book 2013

2013 Saskatoon Book Awards: Young Adult Literature Award nominee

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9780889954830

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