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Star in the Storm
By Harlow, Joan Hiatt
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68982-905-5
- Publisher
- New York : M.K. McElderry Books, c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2000
Gr 4-7 Harlow's descriptive prose clearly evokes images of the Newfoundland coast and life in 1912, and she carefully incorporates folklore of the region into her story. Maggie, 12, is determined to keep her beloved Newfoundland, Sirius, in spite of a new law that bans all but sheepdogs from this sheep-raising community. The characters are drawn with a heavy hand and are either evil or good at the beginning. Maggie's determination makes her t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
