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155 pp.
| Holiday
| June, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2331-6$17.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Omar Rayyan.
Eleven-year-old P (short for Princess) lives on a ranch in Oklahoma. After rescuing an orphaned opossum, the strong-willed girl brings it home, despite the rule her father (who's serving in Iraq) has against pets. P's plan to return her pet to the wild leads to a dramatic confrontation. Animal-loving readers will sympathize with P throughout this well-paced coming-of-age story.