- Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Friendship, Alaska
"Growing up in Alaska in the 1970s isn't like growing up anywhere else: Don't think life is going to be easy. Know your place. And never talk about yourself. Four vivid voices tell intertwining stories of hardship, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation"--
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 250
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Incorporated, Wendy Lamb Books, Listening Library (Audio)
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571314959
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