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A share of Freedom
By Wood, June Rae
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39922-767-7
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam's, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1994
Gr 5-8 Freedom, born on the 4th of July, struggles for love and recognition from her alcoholic mother and to keep their impoverished family together. Never having known her father, she yearns for him. Her world falls apart when her mother is sent away for treatment, and even loving next-door-neighbor Effie can't protect her and her younger brother, Jackie, from social services' intervention. After a week of wilderness hiding, the youngsters turn themselves in to the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
