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Songs of Faith
By Johnson, Angela
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-53130-023-7
- Publisher
- New York : Orchard Books, c1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1998
Gr 4-8 A deftly detailed novel set in 1976. Johnson uses the particulars of the months after Doreen and Robert's father moves to Chicago and Doreen's best friend moves away to illuminate the universal experience of coping with loss. At the same time, a new girl, Jolette, moves into the neighborhood with her stepmother and too-quiet younger brothers. The sad setting, a neighborhood just outside the projects in a decaying Ohio town where the mills are closed and the t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
