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The Fastest Friend in the West
By Grove, Vicki
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39922-184-2
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam, c1990.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1990
In another attempt to expose the bleaker side of reality, Grove introduces readers to two girls and their problems. Lori is fat, friendless, and feeling sorry for herself when she meets new girl Vern, scrawny and dirty but with a strength of body and character that Lori lacks. Both girls deal with the depressing reality of their lives by escaping (imaginatively speaking) into other worlds--Lori to the sea, Vern to the stars. Lori's embarrassment about her friendship with Vern evolves into...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
