A Share of Freedom

Wood, June Rae

ISBN 10: 0786810858 / ISBN 13: 9780786810857

Published by Hyperion, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1996

About this Item

255 pages. Brief inscription to previous owner and signed by author on title page. There are no other marks or writing in the book. Wear to the edges. Wear to the corners. No reading creases on the spine. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages. Small chip bottom edge front cover near spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 006188

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Share of Freedom
• Publisher: Hyperion, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786810858
• ISBN 13: 9780786810857
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

Struggling to hold her impoverished family together, young Freedom finds her world spinning out of control when she and her brother are taken into her arch-enemy's home while their mother, an alcoholic, is away for treatment. Reprint.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-8-Freedom, born on the 4th of July, struggles for love and recognition from her alcoholic mother and to keep their impoverished family together. Never having known her father, she yearns for him. Her world falls apart when her mother is sent away for treatment, and even loving next-door-neighbor Effie can't protect her and her younger brother, Jackie, from social services' intervention. After a week of wilderness hiding, the youngsters turn themselves in to the authorities. They are then taken in by the Quincy family, one of whom is Freedom's arch-enemy, Laura Nell. There's something mysterious here, and Freedom gathers clues that unlock the secrets of her mother's earlier years and finally reveal the identity of her father. In finding her new family, she learns to open herself to others and to accept their faults as well as her own. Wood's novel offers a credible, likable character who yearns for "the hole in my soul" to be mended. It is fast-paced and engaging enough to be read as an adventure. Told in the first person, the narrative is natural and contemporary. Even the surrounding characters are multidimensional, adding satisfying layers of complexity to the plot. Pair this fast-paced tale with Paula Fox's Monkey Island (Orchard, 1991) for a stimulating comparison of books with similar themes and different resolutions.
Carolyn Noah, Central Mass. Regional Library System, Worcester, MA
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