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When his constantly arguing parents decide to go their separate ways for a month, David is sent to spend time with a grandmother he hardly knows, a warm-hearted woman who teaches him the true meaning of family.
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About the Author
Willo Davis Roberts wrote many books for adults and children during her long and illustrious career. Three of her children's books won Edgar Awards, while others received great reviews and other accolades. The One Left Behind would have been her hundredth book for children.
From Kirkus Reviews
When David, 11, hears one of his parents voicing the title's question during a bitter discussion of their separate vacation plans, he's understandably hurt at being considered little more than an inconvenience. The plot in this unvarnished problem novel follows an unsurprising course--dropped off with his wise grandmother in a tiny seaside town, David meets local young people who have their own problems, writes therapeutic stories as he worries about whether his parents are planning to divorce, and repairs his self-esteem by finding friends and rescuing a toddler from the ocean. David's parents are definitely the villains here, especially his moody, career-driven mother, who has no understanding of or interest in her son's internal life. Readers who also feel like afterthoughts will find David a kindred soul; but though Roberts makes some platitudinous observations (``One time or another, most of us feel...caught up in things we can't control''), her actual solution is hardly feasible: when his parents finally come for him, David firmly tells them to go away and settle their marital problems first. Useful, perhaps, but simplistic. (Fiction. 10-13) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherAtheneum
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 068931793X
- ISBN 13 9780689317934
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages176
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