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135 pp.
| Farrar |
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-374-37889-4
(3)
4-6
After the death of her free-spirited mother, fifth-grader Livvy is sent from New York to Baltimore to live with Jessie Barnes, her mother's sensible, antique-shop-owning friend. Livvy's narration, in the form of stories told to her mother, often seems overly mature, but presents a quiet, reassuring portrait of a child adjusting to a new life.