Little Audrey
In 1948, eleven-year-old Audrey lives with her father, mother, and three younger sisters in Jewell Valley, a coal mining camp in Southwest Virginia, where her mother still mourns the death of a baby, her father goes on drinking binges on paydays, and Audrey tries to recover from the scarlet fever th...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar Straus Giroux,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | In 1948, eleven-year-old Audrey lives with her father, mother, and three younger sisters in Jewell Valley, a coal mining camp in Southwest Virginia, where her mother still mourns the death of a baby, her father goes on drinking binges on paydays, and Audrey tries to recover from the scarlet fever that has left her skinny and needing to wear glasses. |
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| Physical Description: | 145 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 10 and up. |
| ISBN: | 9780374345808 (alk. paper) 0374345805 (alk. paper) |
| Author Notes: | RUTH WHITE is the author of many acclaimed books for children, including the Newbery Honor Book Belle Prater's Boy and, most recently, Way Down Deep , a Booklist Editors' Choice. She lives in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania. |
