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Leonardo's Hand
By Downing, Warwick
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61807-893-6
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2001
Gr 6-8 Orphan Leonard Smith, 13, has bounced from one bad foster home to another. Then crusty old Anna Swedenborge, whose old-fashioned Colorado pig farm is surrounded by new, upscale lakeside homes, takes him under her nurturing wing, along with her 13-year-old grandniece Julie and Julie's Dad, Farley. Although Nard was born without a left hand, he takes to the farm chores immediately. Julie, a talented dancer and gymnast, needs a back operation that the family cannot afford. Farley, whose already weak mind gets worse when h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
