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184 pp.
| Farrar/Foster |
October, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-31653-2$16.99
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YA
In 1917, neighboring families face a sea of troubles. Two sons enlist in WWI; a suffragist aunt goes on a hunger strike; a seven-year-old daughter nearly dies from influenza. Frost reveals her story through tightly constructed poems. The discipline of the form mitigates against sentimentality, and the distinct voices of the characters lend immediacy and crispness to the tale.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2009