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272 pp.
| Big Mouth |
November, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-1-931520-30-0$16.95
(2)
4-6
It’s 1960, and thirteen-year-old Sophie is spending the summer at her grandmother’s Louisiana bayou home. After meeting a mysterious creature, she’s transported back in time one hundred years and (with her summer tan) mistaken for a slave. Sophie’s coming of age resonates with moral outrage and righteous indignation. Sherman pays homage to classic fantasy tropes while vividly evoking two historical settings.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2012