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All the Impossible Things

Lindsay Lackey (Goodreads Author)

4.38 · Rating details · 1,297 ratings · 285 reviews

A middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs.

Red’s inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby “Red” Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can ...more

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Aug 11, 2019 Hannah Greendale rated it it was amazing

Shelves: foster-care, contemporary, middle-grade, fiction

Many books falsely present themselves as a good fit for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, but All the Impossible Things is the real deal. Meaning, if you’re looking for a book to tear your heart from your chest, rend it through storm winds, and return it battered and bruised, then this is the book for you.

A tearful, heartfelt, hope-filled tale of an eleven-year-old girl navigating the foster care system in search of a place to call home. Lackey’s soaring debut reminds us that family can be fou ...more

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Aug 13, 2019 Laurie –Read Between The Skylines– rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: bookcon-bookexpo, fantasy, arc, standalone, read-in-2019, middle-grade

“When darkness closes in, though, the stars shine brightest.”

I received an ARC of All the Impossible Things at BookExpo, this in no way impacts my review. However, my review is based on an unfinished and uncorrected copy, please note that the story and quotes may differ from the final book.

The tenth and last book of my '10 books in 3 weeks' project

4.2 stars

Ruby “Red” Byrd is eleven-year-old and yet at her young age, she has already dealt with more than most adults. Born to a teenage single mother who developed an addiction to prescription pills, she was raised by her grandmother Gamma for the few first years of her life. Gamma is a sunshine ray of hope and smiles, she teaches Red that things often look impossible until they are made, for instance, ‘going to the moon’ seemed fantasy until someone went. Together they keep a diary with all those not-so-impossible actions, and it gives Red hope every time she thinks she is not capable of something. This is when Gamma is diagnosed with cancer and then dies after months of treatments.

“Knowing the difference between hard and impossible is important. Lots of things in life are hard. But nothing is impossible.”

Red returns with her mother for a while, but she soon starts spiralling and is arrested for drug possession and is sent to prison. Without any family member left to take care of her, she has spent the last three years in the foster care system, moving from family to family, from school to school, and it hasn’t always been pretty. Her caseworker is trying to do her best to find Red the best-suited family, but every time things go wrong. Red knows that the lack of stability is because of from her wind, a gift she inherited from her mother. Whenever her emotions get wild, especially when she feels threatened or angry it impacts the wind, which starts blowing. The stronger the emotion, the stronger the tempest. Red has no restrained over her wind and she tries her best to contain it within herself, she knows that she will have to learn to control it before someone gets hurt.

Being bounced from house to house had made Red cynical, she stopped opening up to the families, keeping a safe emotional distance and desperately waiting for her mother to get out of jail, and when her latest placement didn’t work out, Red is placed to a new foster home with Celine and Jackson Groove, a retired couple and their many dogs, who run a petting zoo with rescued animals including a dancing donkey, a 400-lb tortoise. Celine and Jackson are extremely patient, they also have their own problems, but they always respect Red, her complicated story and her decisions, giving her all the space and time she needs to settle down. Where other foster parents would have urged her and demanded to know what was her deal, the Grooves recognised small victories without pushing. The trust they gave her was primordial.

“Sometimes strangers feel like family. And sometimes my family feels like a stranger.”

I love how Red slowly healed thanks to the rescued animals. Taking care of another living being that had been through a lot was really therapeutic, like a mirror of her situation. The unfailing loyalty of Gandalf the dog, the tenderness of a goat or the love of Tuck the giant turtle were perfectly written and never failed to amaze me. Red connected with Tuck instantaneously after learning how his shell was injured, and she vowed to protect him. I also adore the friendship she wovens with her neighbour Marvin whose family is Hawaiian. Marvin has such positive energy, he is always cheerful and helpful, I loved how he wanted to share his culture by bringing Hawaiian food to school or trying to start a Hawaiian cooking show online.

Red is growing comfortable in her new situation, surrounded by unconditional love, when she finds out that her mother has actually been out of prison for months now and that she hasn’t reached out. As soon as she is allowed to visit her, her delight is tempered by her mother’s usual careless behaviour. As her mother’s custody hearing approaches, Red asks Marvin for help to make a video to convince the judge that she has to be placed back in her mother’s care. But, as we learned, things never go as planned.

“Grief isn't like anger. Anger can burn out. It can be released. But grief is something that becomes a part of you. And you either grow comfortable with it and learn to live your life in a new way, or you get stuck in it, and it destroys you.”

All the Impossible Things is honestly one of the best middle-grade I’ve ever read, the writing is beautiful and the story is the perfect balance between happy and sad, both heart-breaking and heart-warming at the same time. I often reproach to books that they are telling instead of showing, but here I feel all the emotions with all my heart. I was a bit confused with the use of the wind power Red had, it’s always weird to have magic included in a totally normal world, and after many debating I think that the wind is actually a metaphor of her feelings, the more she feels desperate, the more she has this uncontrollable feeling deep inside her. Overall, this book shows the utmost importance of a loving family that needs to surround a growing child and that family is not necessarily where you are born but it is actually where you find it, the one that makes you feel like you belong.

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Dec 02, 2019 Shaye Miller rated it really liked it

This is another one of those "why have I not heard more about this book" moments. Because, while this was Lackey's debut novel, it was quite good and discussed an important topic that is often overlooked in middle grade literature. Ruby (AKA Red) is being moved from one foster home to another one. She knows not to get her hopes up -- her life is what it is and she'll never feel settled. But her backstory is quite painful and we have constant flashback memories to explain why her mom is in jail a ...more

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Sep 23, 2019 Amber Hyde rated it really liked it

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4/5 Stars.

Oh the tears! This was really well done. I felt the struggles of each character and the trials and tribulations that families go through in regards to fostering children. I highly recommend everyone read this book.

YA and up.

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Sep 09, 2019 Bethany rated it it was amazing

All the Impossible Things is a beautiful story about family, different kinds of love, healing from trauma, and the foster care system, all with a dash of magical realism. Red has been bounced from foster home to foster home for the past two years, some of them abusive, while her mother serves a drug-related prison sentence. She is seen as a trouble maker who destroys things with her out of control wind magic. (The magic in this book is used as a stand-in for emotional responses and is a beautifu All the Impossible Things is a beautiful story about family, different kinds of love, healing from trauma, and the foster care system, all with a dash of magical realism. Red has been bounced from foster home to foster home for the past two years, some of them abusive, while her mother serves a drug-related prison sentence. She is seen as a trouble maker who destroys things with her out of control wind magic. (The magic in this book is used as a stand-in for emotional responses and is a beautiful allegory for younger readers trying to process big feelings that can feel dangerous or destructive at times.) At the beginning of the book, her social worker finally places her with a wonderfully loving and quirky family that owns a petting zoo, but Red doesn't trust anyone easily and wants her mom back.

This book is a beautiful story of love and healing, but not one that comes easily or without messiness. It does a great job of examining the harm that can occur in the foster care system, but also the immense value that can come from foster parents who do things well, even if it is incredibly difficult at times. It also normalizes the complicated feelings that kids can have about parents with addiction problems. They love them, but have also been hurt by them and that isn't an easy thing to parse. Ultimately, the most loving thing a parent can do sometimes is to let go, and this book explores that, with all of the pain involved. Red also experiences PTSD from watching her beloved grandmother die from cancer when her new foster mom is diagnosed with (treatable) cancer as well. There is a lot about loss and pain, but also love, friendship, and healing.

I love the way magic is used in the book. Red can harness the wind and wind can be gentle and playful, or it can be big and destructive. In this book, it responds to her emotions and so we see the power of anger or fear, but also the beauty of love and security in a ver visceral way. I think adding this element helps to create a powerful and useful analogy for how feelings not only effect us, but also the world and people around us, even for children.

I thought this was a fantastic debut that is important and well-executed with diversity done in a way that undercuts negative stereotypes. Reds foster father is a tall Black man who is kind and gentle, and she becomes friends with a next door neighbor who is Hawaiian with a family that deeply values their culture. I received an advance copy of this book for review from the publisher. All opinions are my own. ...more

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May 07, 2019 Clare O'Connor rated it it was amazing

ALL THE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is one of the best middle-grade books I’ve ever had the privilege of reading.

The book follows the story of 11-year-old Ruby (who goes by the nickname Red).

Red is dealing with a whole lot of hard stuff: grandmother's death, mother in prison, and having been shuttled in and out of some pretty awful foster homes. Through it all, Red keeps a secret: her emotions impact the wind. She can create a wild and dangerous storm!

We meet Red as she is leaving one foster home and b ...more

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Aug 17, 2019 Darla rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Who wouldn't want to visit the Groovy Petting Zoo and watch Fezzik the donkey feed the chickens? I also fell in love with Tuck the tortoise. The rescue animals surrounding Red in her new foster placement brought healing for her and value to the narrative. What took away from the book was the strange powers Red, her mom and Celine had. I realize that for Red it was a depiction of her frustration from losing and leaving; from being tossed about like an old shoe at times. It was difficult to determ ...more

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Jun 25, 2019 Ms. Yingling rated it liked it

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Red has been in the foster care system for three years, after the death of her grandmother and the arrest of her mother for drug possession. She has been in several foster care placements, and has a caring case worker, Ms. Anders, who tries to help as much as she can. When her latest placement doesn't work out, she ends up being placed with the Grooves, an older couple who run a petting zoo with rescued animals. They are kind, helpful, and don't presume that Red w E ARC provided by Edelweiss Plus

Red has been in the foster care system for three years, after the death of her grandmother and the arrest of her mother for drug possession. She has been in several foster care placements, and has a caring case worker, Ms. Anders, who tries to help as much as she can. When her latest placement doesn't work out, she ends up being placed with the Grooves, an older couple who run a petting zoo with rescued animals. They are kind, helpful, and don't presume that Red wants to be with them any longer than necessary. Red tentatively settles in, and makes friends with a neighbor boy, Marvin, whose family is from Hawaii and who is very interested in film making. Red misses her grandmother, who helped her keep a journal of "impossible things" that they tried to figure out together, and her mother, who shares Red's supernatural abilities to stir up wind and storms with her emotions during heated interchanges. Eventually, Red is allowed visits with her mother, but the joy in this is tempered both by her mother's behavior and also by the fact that her foster mother, Celine, has some serious health concerns. After a incident with Celine's grandsons over Christmas (Red tries to use a rake to protect them from a large rat in the barn, and their mother thinks Red is attacking the boys), Red is moved to another placement, but this turns out to be temporary, and she is soon back with the Grooves. As her mother's custody hearing approaches, Red tries to make a video with Marvin pleading her mother's case with the court, but several incidents make Red doubt whether or not she really wants to be with her mother. How will Red make the best of this impossible situation?
Strengths: The depiction of foster care in this one was very interesting, since it showed Red's less than optimal placement before it showed the Grooves. It also dealt with how Red felt about her mother, and drew a heart rending portrait of a woman who just was not able to care for her daughter. With an increasing number of children in foster care, it's good to have a variety of depictions in middle grade novels to act as "windows and mirrors"; if children identify with the characters, they can know they are not alone, and if they have no experience with foster care, it can teach them to be sympathetic to classmates who might be in that situation. It also shows that even the most ideal foster care placement can run into difficulties, like health problems. Ruby's emotions are realistically portrayed, and I appreciated her grandmother's philosophy about impossible things. The inclusion of the rescue animals and Marvin helped give more hope to Red's story.
Weaknesses: Red and her mother's ability to raise windstorms is odd and never really explained. Every time an incident occurred, it ripped me right out of the realism of the rest of the story.
What I really think: I am debating this one. The details about foster care were so intriguing that I was willing to forget about the supernatural part of the story, but the cover makes Red look about six years old, and the magical quality of the cover doesn't make this appealing to students who want problem novels. I enjoyed this one and will probably purchase it, but it's not a book that made me want to buy it immediately. ...more

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Sep 22, 2018 Kristi Wright rated it it was amazing

Feeling All the Love for ALL THE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS

I’m so in love with All the Impossible Things. This is a truly special, beautifully written middle grade novel—both poignant and super hopeful. MC Ruby “Red” is relatable, resilient and brave, and currently stuck in the foster system while her single-mom attempts to get her act together. Red’s added complication is that her emotions affect the wind, which means when she’s upset, she might just cause a tornado! I fell in love with all the charact ...more

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Jul 25, 2019 Sara Codair rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Alright, so I’m back to that middle grade reading spree! Granted, it hasn’t felt like much of a spree yet since this is only the third middle grade book I’ve read this summer…

Spree or not, I received a free copy of All the Impossible Things from Netgalley and read the whole thing in one night.

The first thing I want to say is that I want to meet Gandalf the dog and give her treats and play fetch and be her friend. Really, I want to meet and befriend all the animals.

Second, this book was beautiful Alright, so I’m back to that middle grade reading spree! Granted, it hasn’t felt like much of a spree yet since this is only the third middle grade book I’ve read this summer…

Spree or not, I received a free copy of All the Impossible Things from Netgalley and read the whole thing in one night.

The first thing I want to say is that I want to meet Gandalf the dog and give her treats and play fetch and be her friend. Really, I want to meet and befriend all the animals.

Second, this book was beautifully written and made me cry more than once. Even though at times it was heart-breaking, it was also heart-warming and up lifting.

In some ways, All the Impossible Things was a book of contradictions. There were times when on the surface, it felt like not much was happening, but below the surface, everything was happening. There may not have been much as far as external action or adventure, but the internal growth was incredible.

All the Impossible Things is a story about a girl with magic wind adjusting to life in a new foster home, one with two loving retired people and a whole bunch of amazing animals: dogs, goats, horses, a donkey, chickens, and a giant tortoise. The author did a fantastic job bringing the setting and all its four-legged inhabitants to life. The sense of wonder never flagged. Additionally, there was never a page with no emotional beat. Red/Ruby was constantly learning, growing, being set back, and moving forward throughout the book.

As someone who is used to reading genre fiction, this book was quieter than what I’m used to, but I was never bored with. I was invested enough in the character and her arc that despite its quietness, I just had to keep reading to find out what was going to happen to Red. It was a good reminder to me that the action in a story can be small as long as what is happening inside a character is compelling.

I can’t really comment on the accuracy of the foster-related representation. I have no first hand experience with foster care, and only have acquaintances who have adopted children through the foster care system.

I can say the sentences, character and story are beautiful, thought provoking, and emotional. Based on that, I’d recommend All the Impossible Things. ...more

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Nov 25, 2018 Kate O'Shaughnessy rated it it was amazing

Oh, this book. Oh, my heart.

I really, really, really loved this book.

This exquisitely written debut details 11-year-old Red's journey through the foster care system. Beyond bouncing around from home to home, Red is also dealing with something else: she can control the wind, a power she inherited from her bio mom. Though more often than not, the wind controls Red.

This book is full of special characters and animals I fell in love with: there's a prank-playing donkey, a 400-lb tortoise who loves b ...more

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Jul 29, 2019 Brandi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Lindsay Lackey's 'All the Impossible Things' is a delightful, entertaining read. I really enjoyed the characters of Red, Jackson, Celine, Marvin and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kapule as well as his grandparents, Ms. Anders, Tuck, Gandalf and the other critters. Wanda was a good antagonist, I was glad she did the sensible thing...
I think, aside from all the critters, Marvin was my fave. He was sweet, endearing, and a little nerdy. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a qu ...more

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May 18, 2019 Catherine Perkins rated it it was amazing

What a beautiful story! I loved the way the power of the wind symbolized the grief and anger Red felt through her journey with losing her Gamma and being separated from her mother. I think that this is a perfect middle school read especially for students who are going through their own sort of loss.

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Nov 06, 2020 LilydaPug rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

4.5 stars

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Jan 04, 2021 Ashley Lewis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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* Summary: Ruby “Red” Byrd, is eleven years old and has already been through more than most adults could imagine. Born to a single, teenage mother who became addicted to prescription pills, she was raised by her grandmother while she waits for her mother to be released from prison. However, Gamma soon gets diagnosed with cancer and sends Red into the foster care system for two years. She soon finds herself in the home of the Groove’s who own a petting zoo but Red knows better than to trust a str ...more

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Dec 06, 2019 Christy rated it it was amazing

I am full of emotions and tears of joy.

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Jul 27, 2019 Triana (bibliomaniacism) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star-ratings, love, highly-recommend, arcs, best-of-2019, middle-grade

Shout out to Macmillan for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book is so amazing!!!! Definitely one of my favorite middle-grade novels out there.

I loved this book so much. The story was so raw, and the way it dealt with so many hard topics was terrific.

The main character(Red) is so great, she's an incredible kid who has been through so much! Her relationships with the people around her are so interesting, and the way they change throughout the book is fantastic.

The foster pa ...more

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Dec 24, 2019 Lana rated it did not like it

I'm truly sorry, but I have to rate this book one star.
All the Impossible Things sounded like a good idea- but once again, unrealistic themes in here ruined the book.
Hear me out.
Foster care systems are NOT like this. I have had MUCH experience with this, and this is my conclusion:
The foster mom in this book said lots of things that the Child Care Services don't allow you to say- you can get in serious trouble for not following the rules, and even though she was saying good things, I repeat. You ...more

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Apr 02, 2019 Sami rated it it was amazing

A truly beautiful addition to the middle grade canon that should go next to classics like The Thing About Jellyfish, The War That Saved My Life, and Because of Winn Dixie-it's that good. Red is eagerly counting down the days until her mother is released from prison so she can get out of the foster system. When she arrives at her new home, however, Red is surprised to find kindred spirits in her caretakers, neighbors, and the animals of their petting zoo. Torn between newly found happiness and th ...more

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Oct 28, 2019 Kim Tomsic rated it it was amazing

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Beautifully written story. Somethings things are hard--but NOT impossible!

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Feb 03, 2021 Lisa RV rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: middle-grade

A middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs.
Parts of this book are charming, especially the petting zoo animals and their names, as well as Marvin and his family, but sadness almost overtakes the entire tone of this book. The "wind" aspect of magical realism is a little awkward because it is never really explained, and might have worked better in more of a metaphorical sense. The writing style is very readable.
Recommended for grades 5 ...more

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May 25, 2020 Taha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Lackey's heart-warming book is rooted in its rich characters and deftly captures how trauma can affect young people and just how powerful some patience and unconditional love can be. Would make a great family read! ...more

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Apr 08, 2020 Ginger (Sproutygamer) rated it it was amazing

Soooo good!

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Jul 24, 2020 Barbara Zannini rated it it was amazing

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This is an excellent read! I could not put it down. Nothing is impossible...just hard.

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Jul 15, 2019 Melissa Adamo rated it it was amazing

All the Impossible Things is an absolute MUST read!!

While it is a middle grade book, it is so wonderfully written that people of all ages will love this story. I'm 30 years old, and as soon as I picked this book up I was so fully immersed I couldn't put it down.

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All the Impossible Things focuses around Ruby Byrd, otherwise known as "Red," an 11-year-old girl living in foster care. Red has experienced more things in her childhood than most people do in a lifetime. She was born to a teen ...more

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Dec 19, 2019 Brianna - Coffee Books and Bullet Journals rated it it was amazing

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Who is cutting onions around here???? 😭😭😭 full review to come but so beautiful

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Aug 20, 2019 Kasia rated it liked it · review of another edition

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It's hard to say who should be the target for this book. Technically its marked as a story for middle grade but its pretty apparent that it has an ambition to be for all ages. So there are elements that I enjoyed as an adult (well executed psychology of the characters) and I would probably enjoy when I was 12 (raging pathos, everything focuses on the main character). However both this aspects don't mix together well so I kept switching from enjoyment to exasperation and back throughout the entir ...more

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Oct 22, 2019 Desdemona rated it it was amazing

This book makes my heart feel so full. Though the first line, where she talked about "getting the wind" from her mother, my initial reaction was "Dang that sucks you got bad gas, Ruby" and I had a little chuckle about it for a good bit. Cause that's not what Lackey meant AT ALL.

This story filled me with so much hope and love that I spent a good portion of the book openly weeping and also crying. Red finding a family with Celine and Jackson and Tuck and all the animals at the petting zoo was pre ...more

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Oct 11, 2019 Eileen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: middle-school, favorites, fantasy, 2019, childrens, realistic-fiction

This was an absolute tear-jerker for me, especially the last 25%. And I loved it! This is a beautiful story about Ruby "Red", a girl who has been in the foster system for 3 years. She has had many emotionally charged experiences in her life, including abandonment/neglect by her drug addicted mom, watching her beloved Gamma die from cancer, and several bad foster experiences before she finds the family in this book. She struggles with her emotions linked to all that has happened to her and these ...more

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Oct 05, 2019 Pam Page rated it really liked it

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This is a great story that looks at the emotions a child goes through in foster care and the types of foster care situations that a child might encounter. It also looks at a parent's drug addiction and what that can do to relationships and family. There was a lot of sadness in this book, sometimes it made me so sad I had to stop reading for a bit. But I feel the author did a good job of portraying Red's feelings, emotions, and actions for the situation she was in. The only reason I gave this 4 s ...more

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Lindsay Lackey has trained as an opera singer, worked in children’s and teen services at the public library, and for a major publishing house in publicity and marketing. Born and raised in Colorado, she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their spoiled dog. All the Impossible Things is her debut novel.

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