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“This should be the greatest summer of Trina’s life. With a horse of her own, a wonderful best friend, and a new little brother or sister on the way, Trina is looking forward to graduating from sixth grade and getting ready for junior high. Then suddenly, everything falls apart. Trina’s dad has been angry and depressed ever since he lost his job. Even though Trina buries herself in her Cultural Arts Week project, she’s never free from her father’s moods and her mother’s worries. Finally, late one night, Trina is forced to face the truth of her father’s terrible illness. The novel ‘Eclipse’ by Kristine Franklin is a deeply sensitive exploration of what happens when a parent gives up hope and a young person must take on burdens far beyond her years, Eclipse is a moving and memorable novel.” Depression in a close family member; the stigma attached with mental illness; worry that your mother might have a baby with Down Syndrome: these are topics not tr