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233 pp.
| Holt |
May, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-7531-3$16.95
(3)
4-6
Since his father died, life has been hard on Grady and his mother, so he is slow to trust others. When Grady's mom gets a job cooking for an old man named Charlie, Grady learns about love through Charlie's meticulous care for a colony of nesting purple martins. Grady is a strong, convincing character in a novel that is equally affecting.