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Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 068982680X
ISBN-13: 9780689826801
Jun 1999
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
128 pages
Grade:
From 7 to 9
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Synopsis
For seventh grader Winston Elliot Carmichael, his younger, learning-disabled sister, Heidi, is something akin to an albatross. He's intrigued and excited when a woman appears at their wealthy, servant-ridden household claiming to be Caroline, a half-sister who was kidnapped years ago. While it's not clear if she is the real Caroline or just a carefully poised inheritance hunter, Winston looks to her for friendship, guidance, and solace from his cold, insular family and difficult sister. What he gets is something far deeper, and more complex than he could have imagined as Caroline helps Heidi to realize her potential, and provides Winston with a support he's never had. An intense, fascinating study of family life from the author of two Newbery Award-winning books THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER (1968), and THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY (1997.), Kidnapped seventeen years before, a man's daughter by a former marriage appears at his new home in Pittsburgh and affects the entire family.
| Size | | Length: | 128 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 3.2 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Later--much, much later--when we both knew what we had bought and what it had cost, she said that I should tell it."
Industry Reviews
"The story is well-written and engrossing, with considerable suspense."
"Perceptive readers who enjoy deliberating over a puzzle will remember the arcane daughter."
Lowry
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