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Belle Prater's boy
Format:
Book
Title:
Belle Prater's boy
ISBN:
9780374306687

9780440413721

9781250005601
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996.
Physical Description:
196 pages ; 22 cm
Number in series:
[1]
Summary:
When Woodrow's mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents' home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle's son moves next door, she has her chance. Woodrow isn't as forthcoming as Gypsy hopes, yet he becomes more than just a curiosity to her-- during their sixth-grade year she finds that they have enough in common to be best friends. Even so, Gypsy is puzzled by Woodrow's calm acceptance of his mother's disappearance, especially since she herself has never gotten over her father's death. When Woodrow finally reveals that he's been keeping a secret about his mother, Gypsy begins to understand that there are different ways of finding the strength to face the truth, no matter how painful it is.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.4 5.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #15791.

Reading Counts 6-8 5.5 8 01062.

Lexile 760L.

F&P V.
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