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216 pp.
| Clarion |
September, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-618-33377-0$$15.00
(1)
4-6
Eleven-year-old April's isolated life in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains changes when President and Mrs. Hoover start a school in her community. April hopes to learn to read and, above all, get to know the vibrant, sophisticated young teacher, Miss Vest. Ray's debut novel (based on the letters of the real Christine Vest) is poignant, realistic, and somber, and reflective of the strength April finds within.
Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2004