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360 pp.
| Viking |
June, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-670-01199-5$16.99
(3)
YA
This evocative, accessible verse novel limns high school grad Vera's flight from her disconnected family and grief in the wake of her younger sister's drowning. Holed up in a podunk desert mining town, Vera discovers she can live beyond her loss. At novel's end, when Vera states "I have re- / placed / my / self," readers will cheer her resilience.