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Loading... Just South of Homeby Karen Strong
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Good story, a little creepier than I was expecting. Also, a little more woo-woo than I anticipated (I'm down for some woo-woo, I just didn't expect it in a realistic fiction story). Very ghost, good family relationships, good in the kindness department, and I LOVE how Sarah's mom is willing to go to mat with grandma over the inappropriateness of switching. Also addresses the horrifying conditions of Jim Crow and church burning and lynching in a kid-appropriate way -- as much as it can be. ( ) A fun ghost story tempered with the more serious history of white/back relations of the past, suspenseful, just enough scare for this age level. Some populations will have problems with the ghosts, digging up Abner’s grave, Mrs. Whitney’s spiritual workings to heal the haints. Along the lines of “The Parker Inheritance.” no reviews | add a review
Twelve-year-old Sarah, her Chicago cousin Janie, brainy brother Ellis, and his best friend, Jasper, investigate a tragic event in their small Southern town's history. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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