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| Front Street/Cricket Books 2000: ISBN 0-8126-2775-X
Children's Literature Choice 2001 Recipient of Pacific Northwest Booksellers 2001 Award for Best Children's Book by a Northwest Author.
©2000 Mark Schroder Memphis Riley is in trouble again. This time worse than ever! The last five years of her life have been a constant round of skirmishes and uneasy truces with her mentally disabled aunt, Clover Martin. After the death of her mother, her folksinger father dropped her off at her grandmother's home in Blue Parrot, South Carolina. She hasn't seen him since. Now, after yet another awful blowup, Clover has stormed off down Blue Parrot Road--and disappeared. Thirteen-year-old Memphis finds herself caught in a storm of difficult emotions, fighting to come to terms with her life, her attitudes, and her options. During three sweltering days in July of 1973, Memphis comes face to face with a wrenching life crisis that forever changes her idea of family. Now in its third
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October 2002 Reviews Sampler: School Library Journal: (Starred Review) "At once unsettling and inspiring, the memorable novel is as well written and honest as they come." Kirkus: "Matthews's strength is that she creates no villains, but sees all her characters, even the most deeply flawed, with a compassionate eye." Children's Literature Review: "The classic theme of abandonment is re-examined with a southern voice and sense of place. The imagery is strong and fierce and Matthews's use of dialog is incredible..." Book Magazine: "Rarely has this painful reality (of the unloved child) been so honestly portrayed in a children's book...this powerful novel marks an impressive debut.
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