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Moonpie and Ivy
By O'Connor, Barbara
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37435-059-8
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2001.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2001
Gr 5-7 Life is not going well for Pearl. Her erratic mother leaves her at Aunt Ivy's farmhouse and takes off for parts unknown. The 12-year-old finds herself with a relative she doesn't know, few possessions of her own, and many worries. She spends her time anxiously staring down the road, waiting for her mother to return and rebuffing Ivy's warm gestures. Gradually, grudgingly, she allows herself to be befriended by Moonpie. He has his own familial concerns, the largest one being that the town's social wor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
