Keeping Safe the Stars - Couverture souple

O'Connor, Sheila

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0142427586 ISBN 13 : 9780142427583

Editeur : Puffin Books, 2014

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sheila O'Connor lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Puffin Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0142427586
• ISBN 13: 9780142427583
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible