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The warden's daughter

Living with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s prison, Cammie O'Reilly struggles to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who died saving her from harm when she was a baby, and interacts with some of the reformed inmates.

Main Author:	Spinelli, Jerry (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Teenage girls > Juvenile fiction. Motherless families > Juvenile fiction. Grief > Juvenile fiction. Prisons > Juvenile fiction. Prisoners > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Living with her warden father in an apartment above a 1950s prison, Cammie O'Reilly struggles to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who died saving her from harm when she was a baby, and interacts with some of the reformed inmates.
Item Description:	"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	343 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780375831997 0375831991 9780375931994 0375931996
Author Notes:	Jerry Spinelli was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania on February 1, 1941. He received a bachelor's degree from Gettysburg College and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. He worked as an editor with Chilton from 1966 to 1989. He launched his career in children's literature with Space Station 7th Grade in 1982. He has written over 30 books including The Bathwater Gang, Picklemania, Stargirl, Milkweed, and Mama Seeton's Whistle. In 1991, he won the Newbery Award for Maniac Magee. In 1998, Wringer was named a Newbery Honor book. (Bowker Author Biography)

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