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The Springsweet
By MITCHELL, Saundra
- ISBN
- 978-0-547-60842-6 978-0-547-82267-9
- Publisher
- Houghton Harcourt
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7 Up—In this companion to The Vespertine (Houghton Harcourt, 2011), 17-year-old Zora Stewart grieves the loss of her beloved and is sent to live with her widowed Aunt Birdie on her homestead in West Glory, OK. After being robbed en route, she meets Emerson Birch, who offers her a place to stay for the night. Mitchell communicates the harshness of the plains through Zora's reaction to her new life, particularly...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
To escape the memories of her fiancé's death, Zora Stewart leaves Baltimore to help her widowed aunt at her homestead in Oklahoma...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
