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School Library Journal
Starred Review on February 1, 2011
Gr 4–7—When her father, older brother, and young sister died in a plane crash, Daralynn was at home, grounded for having been out fishing without her parents' permission. Her mother opens a beauty salon in their small Missouri town (population 402) and also prepares the hair of the deceased at the local funeral home. Clem Monroe suddenly appears on the scene, selling prepaid cremation plans to unsuspectin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
After Daralynn's father and siblings die, her angry-widow mother, a stylist for a funeral home, lets her daughter out of the house onl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More