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216 pp.
| Houghton |
March, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-618-05603-3$$15.00
(4)
4-6
It's the Depression, and Mary Francis's family has split up: she and Gram and her dad went East for his job; her mom stayed in California to oversee her brother Leland's movie career. The story's elements aren't well integrated, particularly twelve-year-old Mary Francis's ability to have out-of-body experiences, but the family's eventual success at staying together is heartening.