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    • Pub. Date: May 2009
    • 241pp
    • Sales Rank: 129,490

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    • Age Range: 8 to 12
    • Reading Level from Lexile: 890L 
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    • Pub. Date: May 2009
    • Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
    • Format: Hardcover, 241pp
    • Sales Rank: 129,490
    • Age Range: 8 to 12
    • Lexile: 890L 

    Synopsis

    With her father long gone, spunky eleven-year-old Zoe is shuffled from relative to relative after her mother dies. The story opens as she arrives at her uncle Henry Royster's Farm outside Sugar Hill, a small Southern town.

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    Zoe, eleven and wild, comes to live with her half-uncle Henry when her mother dies. Henry, a doctor turned metal sculptor, is the only reliable adult in Zoe's life. Unlike Zoe's mentally ill mother and her string of no-good boyfriends, Henry works steadily and is able to provide Zoe with basic needs like new clothing and clean shelter. For the first time in her life, wise-beyond-her-years Zoe must attend school regularly, even though she considers herself too smart for school in everything except math. Interspersed with Zoe's story are passages centering on a feral cat that lives under Henry's porch, which is supposed to parallel Zoe's life, show her passion for animals, and explain some of her family's history. Full of hokey dialogue and flat characters, this book is best enjoyed by adults who want to reassure themselves of children's wisdom and need for solid adult guidance. There are no children in the book save for Zoe until about the midpoint, and they serve only to antagonize. The adults are all fonts of wisdom, especially Zoe's teacher, who gives her a journal in which to write. Rounding out the book's long list of flaws are slow pacing, long descriptions that do little to move the book forward, and the completely unintriguing mystery of a boy living in a nearby woods. Reviewer: Carlisle K. Webber

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    GREAT!!!!!!!!!by Sar_Man

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    December 03, 2009: i really liked this book I recommend this to everyone no matter what age.

    One of the best books I've read this yearby LissaMonster

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    August 12, 2009: There's a man and a girl and an old feral cat who all learn to trust and love. There's a family made up of people who have chosen each other. There are hardships and discovery and forgiveness and friendships. There's art and following your spirit. And it made me cry. In a good way. I absolutely adore this book.


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