Today's book 06/23/2013

• Shank, Marilyn Sue. CHILD OF THE MOUNTAINS

  Shank, Marilyn Sue. CHILD OF THE MOUNTAINS New York : Delacorte Press, 2012 IL 3-6, RL 4.7 ISBN 0385740794 “My mama’s in jail. It ain’t right… I got to get her out.” Lydia is a child of the mountains of West Virginia. The year is 1953. Lydia’s cherished little brother BJ was born with cystic fibrosis, and had to be hospitalized in Ohio when his illness flared up. Her daddy had died in a construction accident a few months before, so her sweet mama and her wise old granny were the mainstays in her life. Then Gran passed on, as well. When Lydia persuaded her mama to sneak BJ out of the hospital against regulations, so he could die peacefully at home, that’s when the real trouble began… Her mama was taken off to jail, and Lydia was sent to live at a coal mining camp with her somewhat aloof Uncle William and Aunt Ethel Mae. Poor Lydia was consumed with loneliness and an aching desire to free her mother from jail…but how? And what deep family secret is Uncle William hiding from her? (Booktalk by Luci Albertson, GSF Committee Bedford Public Library)

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