- Boarding schools, England, Fiction, Schools
Sent to America from England at age seven to escape war-torn England, Rusty returns five years later to go to a strict English boarding school and renew her relationship with her family, who now seem like strangers to her.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Michelle Magorian
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 375
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Tandem Library, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060241032
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