My Louisiana Sky - Brossura

Holt, Kimberly Willis

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312660952 ISBN 13: 9780312660956

Casa editrice: Square Fish, 2011

Riassunto

Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana--far away from her mentally disabled mother, her "slow" father who can't read an electric bill, and her classmates who taunt her. So when Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to sp the summer with her in Baton Rouge, Tiger can't wait to go. But before she leaves, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life.

Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-age novel explores a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her. It is a novel filled with beautiful language and unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home.

My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction.

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L'autore

Kimberly Willis Holt is the author of the many award-winning novels for young adults and children, includingThe Water Seeker, Keeper of the Night, and When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, winner of a National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She is also the author of the bestselling Piper Reed series of chapter books, and picture books includingWaiting for Gregory and Skinny Brown Dog. Holt was born in Pensacola, Florida, and lived all over the U.S. and the world--from Paris to Norfolk to Guam to New Orleans. She long dreamed of being a writer, but first worked as a radio news director, marketed a water park, and was an interior decorator, among other jobs. She lives in West Texas with her family.

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Book by Holt Kimberly Willis

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Square Fish
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0312660952
• ISBN 13: 9780312660956
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200