From: Robin Smith <robinsmith59>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:23:20 -0500

I guess it gives away a surprise of the novel, but Sonya Sones's One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies pertains to our discussion in a subtle way. It was one of the two most popular books with my 8th-grade girls at the end of the school year. (The other was Contents Under Pressure by Lara Zeises.) A novel in verse, it's about a lot of things, but underlying the whole story, narrated by a teenaged girl, is why her father abandoned the family and has never been in touch with her.

Dean Schneider Ensworth School Nashville. TN 37205 schneiderd at ensworth.com
Received on Wed 09 Jun 2004 09:23:20 PM CDT