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In the country of Queens

In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Best, Cari (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2017]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Bashfulness > Juvenile fiction. Family life > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction. Death > Juvenile fiction. Queens (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction. Families > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father.
Item Description:	"Margaret Ferguson Books."
Physical Description:	211 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780374370527 (hardcover) 0374370524 (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen , a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and My Three Best Friends and Me, described by the New York Times as "refreshing" and "exciting." Her picture book If I Could Drive, Mama was described by Publishers Weekly as "a wonderful tribute to an imagination in perpetual motion." In the Country of Queens is her first novel. Ms. Best lives in Connecticut.