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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2007
Gr 9-Up It's almost summer in 1967 in Oregon, and Mary Margaret Hallinan, age 16, eagerly anticipates the end of the school year. The formerly good Catholic girl has changed since Jane Stephens arrived at Sacred Heart Academy after trying to run away with a boy. Mary Margaret strives to avoid her mother's unhappy life (five children, a miserable husband, and piles of laundry) and goes against her better instincts to fol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Mary Margaret Hallinan is a "one-best-friend type of person," and during the summer of 1967, Jane Stephens becomes that bes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More