Description: Uprooted and living with an aunt in 1960s Oklahoma, thirteen-year-old Garnet and her older sister Opal brave their mother's desertion and their father's recovery from an accident, learning that "the best home of all is the one you m...
Synopsis Uprooted and living with an aunt in 1960s Oklahoma, thirteen-year-old Garnet and her older sister Opal brave their mother's desertion and their father's recovery from an accident, learning that "the best home of all is the one you make inside yourself."
Details
Publication Date:
2009-10-20
Size
Length:
287 pages
Height:
7.5 in
Width:
5.3 in
Thickness:
1.0 in
Weight:
7.2 oz
Publisher's Note When Garnet's mother drops her off at an aunt's house in order to pursue her dream of becoming a singer in Nashville, seventh-grade Garnet feels lost and alone, struggling to fit into her new surroundings while trying to come to terms with being abandoned by the person she loves most in the world.
Industry Reviews "Tugging at the heart with painful truths and a girl who finds both sorrow and wonderment in them, this is Love's best yet." (06/15/2006)