The Clearing - Hardcoverby Cassandra J. Kelly (Author) "They say you lose your imagination when you get older, and I guess that's what was happening. I was growing up, but I didn't expect it to feel so sudden." Set in rural Ohio, The Clearing tells the story of twelve year old Sadie Watkins, whose world is being uprooted by her mother's disease: a severe form of multiple sclerosis. As Sadie faces the impending grief of losing her mother, she also feels the fading of her