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A stone's throw from Paradise
By High, Linda Oatman
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80285-142-0
- Publisher
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1997
Gr 6-9 Lizzie Zook is 13 and lost. Her mother died when she was only nine months old, and she doesn't fit in with her father's new wife and baby or the trailer park in which they live. She dislikes her stepmother and is sickened by her squirmy, smelly baby brother. When her Granny Zook needs help with her vegetable stand, Lizzie jumps at the opportunity to spend the summer in the Amish community where her parents grew up. However, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
