The meaning of Maggie

By Megan Jean Sovern

Subjects: Father-daughter relationship, Mentally ill, fiction, Family life, fiction, Fathers and daughters, Families, Middle schools, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Coming of age, Schools, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Bildungsromans, People with disabilities, fiction, School stories, Juvenile fiction, Family, fiction, Multiple sclerosis, Schools, Family life

Description: Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair. Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment, she is also facing a lot of problems, such as starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father, who is out of work and in a wheelchair.