Road to Tater Hill

By Hemingway, Edith Morris

Publishers Summary:
Annie struggles with grief after the death of her newborn sister.Annie can always count on spending summers at her grandparents’. This summer should be even better because Mama is going to have a baby soon. Before Daddy leaves for his Air Force assignment, he gives Annie a journal for summer memories. But now Annie is grieving over the death of her newborn sister. How can she tell Daddy that ever since the baby died, Mama is slipping away? If Annie wrote those words, Mama might stay that way forever. The only comfort Annie finds is in holding a stone she calls her “rock baby.” Then Annie secretly befriends a mysterious woman who helps Annie accept her loss, while Annie hopes to draw her new friend back into the community. But all that is interrupted when a crisis reveals their unlikely alliance and leads to a surprising turn of events.From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN
978-0-38590-627-2
Publisher
Delacorte Books for Young Readers


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2009

Gr 5-8 Annie, almost 10, and her pregnant mother are spending the summer of 1963 with Annie's grandparents on their North Carolina farm. Then the long-awaited baby is born prematurely and dies the following day. Annie is devastated and doesn't know how to deal with her grief. Her Air Force father is currently stationed in Germany, and her mother sinks into a deep depression and withdraws from the family. Avoiding the house, Annie often explores the nearby wo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

Annie's family, faced with the death of Annie's baby sister, finds very different ways of coping. While struggling...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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