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Whistling Past the Graveyard
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In the summer of 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's home. Mamie is the nearest thing to family Starla has. After being put on restriction yet again for her sassy mouth, Starla is caught sneaking out. She fears Mamie will make good on her threat to send Starla to reform school, so Starla walks to the outskirts of town, and just keeps walking. Walking a lonely country road, Starla accepts a ride from Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby. The trio embarks on a road trip that will change Starla's life forever. She sees for the first time life as it really is - as she reaches for a dream of how it could one day be.

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OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
07/02/2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781666607512
Accelerated Reader:
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Susan Crandall. (2013). Whistling Past the Graveyard. Unabridged Dreamscape Media.

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Susan Crandall. 2013. Whistling Past the Graveyard. Dreamscape Media.

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Susan Crandall, Whistling Past the Graveyard. Dreamscape Media, 2013.

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Susan Crandall. Whistling Past the Graveyard. Unabridged Dreamscape Media, 2013.

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