Why Do Fireflies Die So Soon?

<p>Every firefly in the grove carries a story that was never finished.</p><p></p><p>After her mother's sudden death twelve-year-old Nell Whitlow wanders into a forest she's never dared enter. There hidden beyond the trees lies a secret grove glowing with thousands of fireflies. But these aren't just insects they're souls. People who died with something left unsaid.</p><p></p><p>Nell is the only one who can hear them. As she listens to the voices a bitter mother a missing girl a boy who never came home... she begins to change. Her skin glows. Her breath flickers. And with each story she carries the grove begins to claim her.</p><p></p><p>Some voices want peace. Some want to be rewritten. And one glows brighter than the rest... someone Nell never thought she'd hear again.</p><p></p><p>Why Do Fireflies Die So Soon? is a haunting lyrical middle grade novel about grief memory and the quiet magic of truly being heard. It's a story for anyone who's ever lost someone or wished for one more moment to say what was left unsaid. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p>