- Adolescentes, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Mères et filles, Grands-parents
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
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Earnest, contemporary, spare and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Sharon Creech
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 287
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books, Harpercollins Childrens Books, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 45
- Language
- French, Dutch, Italian, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780061786860
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First sentence
“GRAMPS SAYS THAT I AM A COUNTRY GIRL AT HEART, and that is true.”
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