Across the Meadow by Barry, Christie
Across the Meadow by Barry, Christie

Across the Meadow

When eleven-year-old Hettie's disability requires her to use a wheelchair, everything in her life everything in her...
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Author: Christie Barry
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Across the Meadow by Barry, Christie

Across the Meadow

$20.38
Across the Meadow by Barry, Christie

Across the Meadow

$20.38
Author: Christie Barry
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

When eleven-year-old Hettie's disability requires her to use a wheelchair, everything in her life everything in her life changes. She is worried about the unknown challenges ahead and wonders how she will ever be happy again.

But a summer stay at her grandparents' countryside home in Virginia, with their two dogs, an eccentric group of neighbors, and access to nature, encourages Hettie to reach beyond the limits of what she feels capable. Her family and newfound community help her gain self-confidence and encourage her to try new activities in and around nature. Along the way, Hettie realizes that she can still be the one to save the day. She develops innate courage, independence, and joy despite her inability to walk, and while her grief doesn't disappear, she learns how to imagine-and move toward-a different, happier future.



Author: Christie Barry
Publisher: Christie's Fine Gardening Press
Published: 09/29/2026
Pages: 138
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9798256255176
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author
Barry, Christie: - Christie Barry is a Pennsylvania native who has lived with a slow-progressing but eventually life-changing health condition for decades. In the last ten years, after losing the ability to walk, Christie has found healing and hope among some family members, friends, nature, and her beloved pets. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in special education, Christie worked as a counselor and special education teacher. For the past three decades, Christie has operated a successful small landscaping business with her husband. Christie's love of the outdoors and gardening led her to gift a plot of land in Richmond's Scott's Addition. This land will be turned into a public green space for the city and all of its residents. When she began to use a wheelchair in 2018, Christie knew she had to face her new reality. She wanted to create a story that she wished she'd had in her youth and adulthood. Inspired by her own experiences and her love for nature, Christie wrote Across the Meadow to inspire readers to accept themselves, and others, fully. Christie hopes Hettie's story will remind her audience that they can live full, happy lives while having illnesses or disabilities and that a connection with nature can bring peace and joy into everyday experiences.
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