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210 pp.
| Carolrhoda Lab |
April, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7613-7303-2$17.95
(3)
YA
After Dad loses his job, thirteen-year-old Irene and her parents move to her wise, calm grandfather's farm in upstate New York. Irene unexpectedly finds happiness in country life, especially once she meets a new friend, Meg, and Meg's cute brother, Jim. Demas sensitively describes the joys and anxieties of Irene's summer surrounded by friends and family.