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263 pp.
| Little |
April, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-316-24511-1$16.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-316-24512-8
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4-6
Eleven-year-old Fern lives with her brothers and her out-of-work stepfather in a ramshackle house in rural Michigan. She takes pride in supporting her family by foraging for food, but a fracking operation threatens her beloved woods. The plot is uninventive and characterization is weak, though this novel achieves the noble feat of presenting both sides of a complex environmental issue.