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Thirteen-year-old Cissy must discover what family means to her as she is caught in a struggle between her aunt and mother in Depression-era Colorado.
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Gr 7-9-Cissy doesn't understand why she can't do anything right. She only knows that her mother's mind has worked strangely since baby Violet's death, but wonders why she is always being punished and her older brother is not. Seeking refuge in the town movie hall when the threat of physical violence becomes too real, the 13-year-old loses herself in dreams of life the way the stars portray it. When Aunt Vera visits and sees her niece's horrible bruises, she decides that the two of them will live with her brother (Cissy's supposed father) in Denver. His blatant refusal to help is unfathomable to Cissy, and she is further devastated when Vera strangely wavers and allows her brother to return Cissy to her bleak and dangerous former life. Once again, she must battle to reestablish trust in other humans in order to survive. In the end, it is revealed that Vera had become pregnant with Cissy when she was a teenager and that her domineering brother insisted that she give the baby to him and his wife to raise. Finally, Vera stands up to him and takes Cissy away from her abusive situation to live with her and her lover, Maxine. Taylor nails small-town agrarian Dust Bowl life in the `30s. Everything from grape NEHIs to the music to the town socials complete with busybodies neatly fits. While the denouement seems rushed when compared to the richly detailed beginning, this is a minor flaw in an otherwise well-plotted novel.-Cindy Darling Codell, Clark Middle School, Winchester, KY
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HarperCollins, New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0060290420
ISBN 13: 9780060290429
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Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's purple boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket price is $15.89. Wang, Qi (jacket art) (illustrator). First Printing of the First Edition. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Fine condition in bright, shiny Near Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Ages 10 and up. Story of a 13-year-old girl, whose father has left to find work, and whose mother seems to hate her with a passion. Set in depression-era Colorado. Magnificent full-color jacket painting by Qi Wang. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's purple boards/Dust Jacket price is $15.89. Illus. by Wang, Qi (jacket art). 8vo. (ix), 211pp. Seller Inventory # 002694
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