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Grove, Vicki

Reaching Dustin

201 pp. January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-399-23008-4
(2) 4-6 For an in-class interview assignment, sixth-grader Carly draws the odd, withdrawn outsider Dustin, whose dysfunctional family and gun-toting father are legendary in their Missouri farm town. Carly learns her classmate is misunderstood and unfairly dismissed and determines to save him. Although the ending perhaps strains credulity, the emotional tone rings true and the characterizations are strong.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

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