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Beyond the Billboard
By Gates, Susan M.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15205-983-5
- Publisher
- Orlando : Harcourt, 2007, c2005.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2007
Gr 6-8 Thirteen-year-old Firebird Tucker lives with her twin brother, her father, and her grandmother in a dilapidated old house in a swamp on the outskirts of a large city. Shielded from the eyes of passing motorists by a huge billboard, the family lives in almost total isolation. Firebird and Ford have never attended school and have never questioned the stories that Gran and their father have told them: that their mother died in childbirth, that Firebird is named for a car advertised on the billboard at the time of her birth, that Dad make...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Thirteen-year-old twins Ford and Firebird have never known life beyond the billboard that hides their swamp home from ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
