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Betti on the High Wire
By Railsback, Lisa
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80373-388-6
- Publisher
- Dial
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2010
Gr 4-6 Babo is the adolescent daughter of circus performers who were killed during a burst of political unrest and violence in an unnamed country. She believes that foreigners simply want to take kids away from their friends and country, making it impossible for them to ever locate their birth parents, and stripping them of their identities. Therefore, she is incredulous and angry when she gets word that an American couple wants to adopt her. Her resistance breaks down a bit when she discovers that a younger orphan is going to the same town that she is. She decides that...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Telling fantasy stories to the other "leftover" children in her unnamed war-torn country helps ten-year-old Babo cope with the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
