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Cunningham, Julia

Dorp Dead

104 pp. | Knopf | November, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-375-82255-0 $$14.95 | Library ISBN 0-375-92255-5 $$16.99
1965, Pantheon
(3) YA Illustrated by James Spanfeller. This groundbreaking novel tells the spare, haunting story of orphaned Gilly Ground and his apprenticeship to the sinister ladder-maker Kobalt. Betsy Hearne's insightful afterword provides an appreciation for Cunningham's achievement in blending elements of fantasy, allegory, and realism into a compelling story of a boy who saves himself from a caged life by opening himself up to love another creature.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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