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215 pp.
| Scholastic/Orchard |
June, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-439-29317-0$$16.95
(3)
4-6
For fourteen-year-old Celie, "someday" always meant that faraway time when her home in the Swift River Valley in Massachusetts would be flooded to create a reservoir. That day arrives in 1938, forcing Celie, her mother, and grandmother to face the inevitable. The juxtaposition of society's advances with Celie's own march toward adulthood create a coming-of-age story rich in historical detail. Bib.