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119 pp.
| Carolrhoda |
February, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-87614-204-8$$15.95
(4)
1-3
Illustrated by
Felicia Marshall.
In 1978, ten-year-old Sylvia moves to a small South Carolina town with her mother and befriends their one-hundred-year-old neighbor. Eventually she discovers that her father, whom she believed dead, is alive, and that Miz Lula Maye is actually her great-grandmother. Although most of the plot strains credibility, the intergenerational friendship is endearing and convincing. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the text.