keeping safe the stars
by oconnor, sheila
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0399254595
- ISBN 13
- 9780399254598
- Seller
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RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
When crisis hits, a young girl becomes the only one left to take care of her family Pride, Nightingale and Baby are the Stars. Orphaned and living with their grandfather, Old Finn, in rural Minnesota, the children, like their grandfather, are wary of outsiders. They believe, as Old Finn taught them, in self-reliance. But then Old Finn falls seriously ill and is taken to the hospital all the way in Duluth, leaving the children to fend for themselves. Pride, as oldest, assumes the lead. Though she makes mistakes, she keeps them afloat; they even earn money for the bus trip to Duluth. But when they finally see Old Finn, he can't walk or even say his own name, and Pride knows her days of keeping safe the Stars are drawing to a close. Self-reliance can't make Old Finn well again. But maybe, just maybe, a secret from Old Finn's past might make a way for them to stay together after all. A poignant story about family and love, Sheila O'Connor has delivered another extraordinary and mesmerizing tale.
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- Bookseller
- Sixth Chamber Used Books/Fox Den Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1532449
- Title
- keeping safe the stars
- Author
- oconnor, sheila
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399254595
- ISBN 13
- 9780399254598
- Publisher
- Putnam Juvenile
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2012-10-11
Terms of Sale
Sixth Chamber Used Books/Fox Den Books
Books not matching listed description may returned for full refund within 30 days of original sale.
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- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...