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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1997
When developers find a body in a well at the old Starlite Drive-In, Callie Ann Benton knows whose body it is. It takes her back to when she was 12; her father ran the drive-in, and her mother, Teal, had become completely trapped inside her house by agoraphobia. It traps her father, too, forcing him to give up dreams, and hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1998
YA During the long, hot summer of 1956 in rural Indiana, Callie Anne Benton, almost 13, is stuck at home on the grounds of the Starlite Drive-in. Her agoraphobic mother has not left the house in five years, trapping her embittered father, who manages the facility, in a job he has grown to hate. Callie Anne is happiest when she is watching movies with her f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More