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Rainy season
By Griffin, Adele
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39581-181-8
- Publisher
- New York : Hyperion paperbacks for children, 1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1996
Gr 5-8 Griffin's story takes place during one day in 1977 in Panama. The narrator, 12-year-old Lane, and her family are "Zonies," Americans living and working in the Canal Zone but not affiliated with the U.S. Army. Lane suffers from anxiety, and her brother, Charlie, is reckless and unpredictable. Their emotional problems seem to stem from a mysterious event in the family's past. Lane, Charlie, and some friends set out to build a fort in preparation for a possible battle with kids from the other side of the Zone....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
