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Reviewed on May 1, 2002
Gr 5-8 Connor Chase and his sister lead an overscheduled life with two successful working parents. Meals consist of fast foods and microwave dinners, and homework is completed by the light of TV or video games. Then one day he comes home to find that his mother has gotten rid of the televisions, computers, and extra phones in the house, and is actually cooking dinner. Even stranger are her weird clothes, old-fashioned haircut, and the art book she tries to keep hidden, which, as Connor discovers, shows h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More