Clarion Books, 2003-09-22. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.1000 in x 8.6000 in x 5.8000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

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Eleven-year-old April Sloane has never set foot in a school before, and now that President Hoover and his wife are building a one-room schoolhouse in the hollow of the Blue Ridge Mountains where April lives, she is eager to attend it. But these are the Depression years, and Mama, who has been grieving ever since the accidental death of her seven-year-old son, wants April to stay home and do the chores around their dilapidated farm. With her grandmother's intercession, April is grudgingly allowed to go. The kind teacher encourages her apt pupil, who finds a new world opening up to her. But at home, April cannot repair the relationship with her mother, and worse, her mother overhears the dark secret April confesses to her teacher regarding the true cause of her brother's death, for which April feels responsible. The author has used her own experience growing up in a rural area of northern Virginia to create the vivid characters and authentic dialogue and background detail that characterize this finely honed debut novel. She has based the one-room schoolhouse on papers in the Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa, which include letters between the White House and the young teacher who taught at the school.

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Seller: Once Upon a Time Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: mon0001162196
Title: Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story
Author: Ray, Delia
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0618333770
ISBN 13: 9780618333776
Publisher: Clarion Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2003-09-22
Size: 1.1000 in x 8.6000 in x 5.8000 i
Bookseller catalogs: Book;
X weight: 0.8000 lb

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