| Authors: |
Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Nineteen fifties -- Fiction.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Fiction.
West Virginia -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. |
| Description: |
x, 254 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780375401954 0375401954 |
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| Tags |
korean war, west virginia, 1950s, korea, siblings, disability, family, american fiction, coming of age, disabilities, historical fiction, literary fiction, war, 1960s, 21st century fiction, adoption, autism, bookbanter, brothers and sisters, buzz, disabled, domestic fiction, drama, fantasy, handicapped children, history, modern, mothers and daughters, mystery, new york times, novel, parenting, sibling relationships, sisters, soldiers, special needs child, teenagers, usa, virgina, want to read, west |
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| Summary: |
Set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea, this is the story of two children--Lark, on the verge of adulthood, and her brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk but filled with radiance--who grow up with their mother and aunt while their soldier-father fights for his life during the chaotic early months of the Korean War. |