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Keesha's House
By Frost, Helen
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37434-064-3
- Publisher
- New York : Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
Gr 9-Up Frost has taken the poem-story to a new level with well-crafted sestinas and sonnets, leading readers into the souls and psyches of her teen protagonists. The house in the title isn't really Keesha's; it belongs to Joe. His aunt took him in when he was 12, and now that he's an adult and the owner of the place, he is helping out kids in the same situation. Keesha needs a safe place to stay-her mother is dead; her father gets mean when he drinks, and he drinks a lot. She wants ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
