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From: Sue McGown <smcgown>
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:35:57 -0500
Dean, you took the words right out of my mouth. Since I live now and have grown up enjoying the Texas Gulf Coast, Marian Hale evoked many memories in this book. I loved reading it and recommend it to students often. Young people need to understand what the Depression was like and this is a wonderful description of life at that time. Sue McGown St. John's School Houston, TX
Dean Schneider wrote:
>A novel of the Gulf Coast:
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>A book I especially liked last year was The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale. It's a Depression-era novel about 12-year-old Sadie, who moves with her family from Missouri to Texas, near the Aransas Pass Seawall, an area I knew nothing about. It's a fascinating geographical context -- the Gulf Coast, the canneries, the story of the Seawall -- and a young girl's struggle to find new friends in a new home during another difficult time in American history. A remarkably well done first novel. There's a good reader's guide to it if you go to Google.
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>Dean Schneider
>Ensworth School
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Received on Tue 06 Sep 2005 08:35:57 AM CDT
Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 08:35:57 -0500
Dean, you took the words right out of my mouth. Since I live now and have grown up enjoying the Texas Gulf Coast, Marian Hale evoked many memories in this book. I loved reading it and recommend it to students often. Young people need to understand what the Depression was like and this is a wonderful description of life at that time. Sue McGown St. John's School Houston, TX
Dean Schneider wrote:
>A novel of the Gulf Coast:
>
>A book I especially liked last year was The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale. It's a Depression-era novel about 12-year-old Sadie, who moves with her family from Missouri to Texas, near the Aransas Pass Seawall, an area I knew nothing about. It's a fascinating geographical context -- the Gulf Coast, the canneries, the story of the Seawall -- and a young girl's struggle to find new friends in a new home during another difficult time in American history. A remarkably well done first novel. There's a good reader's guide to it if you go to Google.
>
>Dean Schneider
>Ensworth School
>Nashville, TN 37205
>schneiderd at ensworth.com
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