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Little Audrey /

In 1948, eleven-year-old Audrey lives with her father, mother, and three younger sisters in Jewell Valley, a coal mining camp in Southwest Virginia, where her mother still mourns the death of a baby, her father goes on drinking binges on paydays, and Audrey tries to recover from the scarlet fever th...

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Main Author: White, Ruth, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Country life > Virginia > Fiction.
Family life > Virginia > Fiction.
Coal miners > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
Death > Fiction.
Virginia > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Country life > Virginia > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Virginia > Juvenile fiction.
Coal miners > Juvenile fiction.
Poor > Juvenile fiction.
Death > Juvenile fiction.
Virginia > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:In 1948, eleven-year-old Audrey lives with her father, mother, and three younger sisters in Jewell Valley, a coal mining camp in Southwest Virginia, where her mother still mourns the death of a baby, her father goes on drinking binges on paydays, and Audrey tries to recover from the scarlet fever that has left her skinny and needing to wear glasses.
Physical Description:145 pages ; 20 cm.
Audience:Ages 10 and up.
ISBN:9780374345808 (alk. paper)
0374345805 (alk. paper)