- Death, Brothers and sisters, Elective Mutism, Fiction
Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways--one in silence--but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.
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Earnest, classical in form, spare and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Katherine Paterson
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 120
- Publisher
- Scholastic, Turtleback, Perfection Learning
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780525674801
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“Mason was making monkey faces again.”
Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 40 books, including 18 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. The Patersons have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Katherine currently resides in Vermont with her faithful dog, Pixie.
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