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Absolutely normal chaos

Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father.

Main Author:	Creech, Sharon.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1995.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Subjects:	Homesickness > Juvenile fiction. Death > Juvenile fiction. Cousins > Juvenile fiction. Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father.
Physical Description:	230 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0060269898 0060269928 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Sharon Creech was on born July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was in college when she took literature and writing courses and became intrigued by story-telling. Later, she was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. Her novel Walk Two Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007, Heartbeat was a finalist in the Junior Division (4th to 6th grades) of the Young Reader's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She has written over 15 fiction novels for young readers. She is married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. (Bowker Author Biography)

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