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The Mailbox
By Shafer, Audrey
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38573-344-1
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, c2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2006
Gr 5-7 Complex and believably imperfect characters emerge from the first page to the last in this debut novel. Gabe, 12, had been shuffled around the foster-care system for years, until, as a 9-year-old, he was taken to Virginia to an uncle he had never met. Now, two years later, he comes home after the first day of sixth grade to find Uncle Vernon dead. Numb with fear and grief, he tells no one, but the body disappears and m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
