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Nelson, Theresa
3 Reviews
(2)
4-6
In 1911 St. Louis, eleven-year-old orphan Julia and her sister are sent to the nuns' House of Mercy, while their brother is taken to Father Dunne's boys' home. Desperately wanting control over her life and her family reunited, Julia lashes out at authority figures and tries to escape at every turn. The characters' distinctive voices carry this fine work of historical fiction.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2015
(2)
4-6
Ruby Miller (future colleague of Steven Spielberg) is caught with a can of spray paint in front of a graffiti-covered wall and sentenced to fifty hours of community service with "the seventh-grade version of Dumb and Dumber." But she has more important things to focus on, such as the truth about her father, whom she's convinced is a top-secret CIA operative. Nelson infuses her cinematic narrative with Ruby's determined idealism.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2003
(2)
4-6
Jim and his sister Mary Al are hired by a wealthy widow--ostensibly to care for the Empress, a capuchin monkey, but in reality as companions for her ungovernable granddaughter, J.D., a tightly wound bundle of rage and pain. By turns comic and heartrending, the story is propelled along by Jim's distinctive East Texan narration and populated by a cast of memorable characters.
Reviewer: Terri Schmitz
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 1999
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