- Large type books, Fiction, general, Children's fiction, Adolescence, fiction
Thirteen-year-old Carrie, clinging to memories of her idyllic early childhood, struggles to communicate with family and classmates.
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Spare, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Zibby Oneal
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 179
- Publisher
- Puffin Books, Fireside Books, Lions
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781850899594
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First sentence
“"The train slowed smoothly, as if gliding on ribbon."”
About Zibby Oneal · 1934
American academic and author
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