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When I Crossed No-Bob
By McMullan, Margaret
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61871-715-6
- Publisher
- Houghton
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Gr 4-8 Set in rural Mississippi during the hard years of Reconstruction, this novel follows the life of 12-year-old Addy O'Donnell. Abandoned by her parents, she is taken in by a pair of newlyweds, in spite of Mr. Frank's concern that the O'Donnells are "trouble." Addy knew hunger and mistreatment in No-Bob, the hollow claimed by her notorious extended family, but she feels a loyalty to them even as she begins to thrive in her new surroundings. Life takes anoth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
Life as an O'Donnell isn't easy, but it's not very complicated, either. You grow up in squalor and violence, marry your cousin, or maybe your uncle, and make more O'Donnells. That's what Addy expects in this companion to 2004's How I Found the Strong, but possibilities surprise her when her mother abandons her at a wedding they crash for the free food. With nowhere else to go, she ingratia...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
In this companion to <i>How I Found the Strong</i>, Addy's mother abandons her at a wedding. Addy ingratiates herself with the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
