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247 pp.
| Harcourt/Gulliver |
March, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-15-205113-9$16.00
(2)
4-6
Comfort Snowberger, daughter of the undertaker in Snapfinger, Mississippi, knows all about dying. It's life that causes her problems because it's so danged unpredictable. Life gets truly messy when her great-great-aunt dies, and Comfort must look after her annoying, clinging cousin Peach. Wiles's writing vividly portrays the rural southern setting, using a leisurely pace to introduce Comfort and her colorful family.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2005