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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Publication date
October 11, 2002
Pages
240
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805070491
ISBN-10
0805070494
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$16.95
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A poignant novel of home, family, and love, set in the late 1940s, follows eleven-year-old Willa Mae as she finds her life turned upside down by the arrival of her long-absent father, which causes turmoil in her family, especially when he takes her to Oklahoma to start a new life, forcing her to make some difficult decisions. 12,500 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
A young girl comes to terms with the father she thought didnât love her.
âYour daddy isnât a bad man,â Aunty Rose said. âHe just doesnât have anything to do with us. So why do you keep asking?â
It seems like everything eleven-year-old Willa Mae wants to know just isnât proper material for her curiosity. But some mysteries have a way of unraveling on their own. When her long-absent father returns after the war and sets about laying claim, Willa Mae finds her quiet country life suddenly stirred into a mix of buried secrets. Why does Grandpa despise her daddy, and what does it have to do with Mamaâs death? But before Willa Mae can find the answers to these questions, she is pulled away from her rural Illinois home to begin a new life with her father across the river in Oklahoma. As pleased as Willa Mae is to finally have her daddy back, she misses her home and wants desperately to return. Will she be forced to choose one side of the family over the other?
In this beautifully written novel set in the late 1940s, Sharelle Byars Moranville explores a critical time in a young girlâs life, as Willa Mae comes to accept her parents, her sense of home, and especially what it means to be loved.
âYour daddy isnât a bad man,â Aunty Rose said. âHe just doesnât have anything to do with us. So why do you keep asking?â
It seems like everything eleven-year-old Willa Mae wants to know just isnât proper material for her curiosity. But some mysteries have a way of unraveling on their own. When her long-absent father returns after the war and sets about laying claim, Willa Mae finds her quiet country life suddenly stirred into a mix of buried secrets. Why does Grandpa despise her daddy, and what does it have to do with Mamaâs death? But before Willa Mae can find the answers to these questions, she is pulled away from her rural Illinois home to begin a new life with her father across the river in Oklahoma. As pleased as Willa Mae is to finally have her daddy back, she misses her home and wants desperately to return. Will she be forced to choose one side of the family over the other?
In this beautifully written novel set in the late 1940s, Sharelle Byars Moranville explores a critical time in a young girlâs life, as Willa Mae comes to accept her parents, her sense of home, and especially what it means to be loved.
Editions
Hardcover
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1 edition from Henry Holt & Co (October 11, 2002)
9780805070491 | details & prices | 240 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.85 lbs | List price $16.95
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Random House Childrens Books (October 1, 2004)
9780440419778 | details & prices | 228 pages | 5.25 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.30 lbs | List price $5.99
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (December 30, 2004)
9780606327831 | details & prices | 228 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.55
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 12, 2004)
9781417620661 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | List price $16.00
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
About: In 1947, after the war, Willa Mae's father returns to the Illinois town where she has lived with her maternal grandparents for the last five of her eleven years, and Willa Mae finds herself struggling to understand old family tensions and secrets.
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