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A Newbery Honor-winning installment of Cynthia Voigt’s classic Tillerman series.

Jeff Greene was only seven when he came home from school to find a note from his mother. She felt that the world needed her more than her “grown up” son did. 

For someone who believed she could see the world’s problems so clearly, she was blind to the heartache and difficulties she pushed upon her son, leaving him with his reserved, undemonstrative father.

So when, years later, she invites Jeff to spend summers with her in Charleston, Jeff is captivated by her free spirit and warmth, and a happiness he’s been missing fills him. But Jeff's second visit ends with a devastating betrayal and an aching feeling of loneliness. In life, there can be emotional pits so deep that seemingly nothing will grow—but if he digs a little deeper, Jeff might just come out on the other side.

ALA Newbery Honor Book • ALA Notable Children's Books • ILA Teachers' Choices • ALA Best Books For Young Adults • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults • ILA Young Adults' Choices • Phoenix Award Honor Book • CBC/NCSS • Notable Children's Book in Social Studies • ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults • Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book

©1983 Cynthia Voigt (P)1998 Recorded Books,LLC Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction
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Heart warming coming of age story for 10-16 year olds. Follows on from earlier book by same author but don’t need to have read it to enjoy this one.

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