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Crew, Gary

Mama's Babies

160 pp. | Annick | April, 2002 | Trade ISBN 1-55037-725-6 $$18.95 | Paper ISBN 1-55037-724-8 $$6.95
(4) YA In a story based on true cases of nineteenth-century "baby farmers"--women who adopted children for money and then murdered them--Sarah begins to suspect that the loathsome woman she calls "Mama" is actually responsible for the deaths of several children. Because the characterizations are strong and the creepy mood is so well sustained, readers will probably forgive the book's tacked-on, rather implausible ending.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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