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Couloumbis, Audrey

Getting Near to Baby

214 pp. | Putnam | October, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23389-X $$17.99
(2) 4-6 Ever since well-meaning but bossy Aunt Patty swooped in and declared Mama unable to care for the girls, headstrong Willa Jo has struggled with her, followed everywhere by Little Sister, who "hasn't said word one since Baby died." Plainly worded but evocative descriptions give life to the characters and tender poignancy to even simple observations in a story that honors the importance of finding one's own way through grief.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1999

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