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In Spite Fences, Pert Wilson was the loyal friend who helped Maggie Pugh stand up for her beliefs. Now Maggie has moved away from Kinship, Georgia, and 15-year-old Pert is aching for something more than the tiny community she's always known. Her circle of trailer park neighbors and her supportive mother and older brother aren't enough for Pert; she is lonesome for the father she has never met. But when Pert's Daddy suddenly returns to Kinship and sets her neighborhood spinning, Pert is forced to reassess her concepts of home, loyalty, family, and kin.
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"A painful story rich in local flavor and authentic feeling...a thoughtful portrait of an often fractious community, anchored by unexpectedly strong ties of love and responsibility."
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* "Krisher. . . conveys harsh realities within a compelling, often humorous story of love and the true meaning of family."
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"You promised! You swore not to tell my family! I've been working hard to keep you folks in the park and it ain't been easy." I thought of how much I had hurt Miss Mulch, the Wilsons' best friend for all these years.
"Didn't, " said Ida, picking the patties off the dirty floor and setting them back on the platter. "Didn't break our promise!"
Ora picked up the fork he'd been using to mash the yams.
He pointed it at me. "Promise was about family, chile."
I didn't understand.
"We's promised not to tell no one in your family," Ora Weevil said. "Your daddy's just kin. He ain't family."
I grabbed Ora Weevil by his red pajamas and shook. "What are you talking about? He's my daddy. I've got his blood in my veins. I look like him, I talk like him, I act like him. What do you mean, he ain't family?"
Ida Weevil pulled me off of him. She stuck her face right next to mine. I could smell her stale breath. "You looka here, Missy. They's a powerful difference between family and kin, hear?"
I heard. I just didn't understand.
"You needs to know who your real family is, Missy. Family ain't the same thing as kin."
"Didn't, " said Ida, picking the patties off the dirty floor and setting them back on the platter. "Didn't break our promise!"
Ora picked up the fork he'd been using to mash the yams.
He pointed it at me. "Promise was about family, chile."
I didn't understand.
"We's promised not to tell no one in your family," Ora Weevil said. "Your daddy's just kin. He ain't family."
I grabbed Ora Weevil by his red pajamas and shook. "What are you talking about? He's my daddy. I've got his blood in my veins. I look like him, I talk like him, I act like him. What do you mean, he ain't family?"
Ida Weevil pulled me off of him. She stuck her face right next to mine. I could smell her stale breath. "You looka here, Missy. They's a powerful difference between family and kin, hear?"
I heard. I just didn't understand.
"You needs to know who your real family is, Missy. Family ain't the same thing as kin."
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- PublisherDelacorte Books for Young Readers
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0385322720
- ISBN 13 9780385322720
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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