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208 pp.
| Atheneum/Jackson |
October, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-689-83787-9$$17.00
(1)
YA
A brilliantly conceived, multi-layered novel explores the tensions within a family against a backdrop of the wider conflict of World War II. His father in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Robert and his mother and sister move to Rhode Island to be near his paternal grandparents, from whom his father has been estranged for years. Lisle develops an unforgettable cast of characters placed against a fully realized setting.
Reviewer: Mary M. Burns
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2000