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Spitting Image
By Crum, Shutta
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61823-477-6
- Publisher
- New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2003
Gr 5-8 With a devotion to justice and a quick temper, Jessie Bovey, 12, has been known to indulge in fisticuffs with those who insult her or her friends. Born "out of wedlock," she feels secure in the love of her mother, yet wonders why she won't tell her anything about her father. While her grandmother, the "old biddy," seems to pick on her, Lester, the oldest member of their small community, holds her in warm regard just as she is. Excitement arrives when Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty brings a VISTA volunteer to her small Kentucky town a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
