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Marino, Nan

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me

154 pp. | Roaring Brook | May, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-499-8 $16.95
(3) 4-6 Ten-year-old Tammy is left lonely--and angry--when best friend Kebsie, a foster child, suddenly moves away. Scrawny Douglas McGinty, the new whopper-telling foster kid Tammy dubs "Muscle Man," becomes the object of her ire. This poignant story, set against a well-realized backdrop of the Vietnam War and the first moon walk, looks at how loss can both isolate people and bring them together.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

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