Sketches from a Spy Tree

By Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn & Glass, Andrew

Publishers Summary:
Narrator Ann Marie paints pictures of family life from grief to hope after her father abandons his "four girls"--Ann Marie and her mother and twin and baby sisters.

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ISBN
978-0-61823-479-0
Publisher
New York : Clarion Books, c2005.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2005

Gr 4-7 In a series of remarkably candid poems, Anne Marie tells the story of her family's transition from disarray and grief to hope. In -Family Portrait, - she digs out an old family photograph and angrily -cut[s] Dad out/with five quick snips/crumple[s] his face/like an empty gum wrapper, /which is just what he deserves/for leaving/ -my four girls'/two years ago today. - The young narrator's poems reflect on her neighborhood, family, and friends, oft...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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