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Dive
By Griffin, Adele
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-78680-440-5
- Publisher
- New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 1999
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1999
Gr 7-10-Narrated by 11-year-old Ben, this short, engaging novel quickly draws readers into the boy's fractured life, in particular his relationship with his troubled older stepbrother, Dustin, and the unraveling of his mother's marriage. Skillfully weaving past and present, he explains how Gina left Ben's father, taking the boy along, and settled in a new town, eventually marrying widower Lyle, whose teenage son is struggling with the untimely death of his mother. Dustin has great difficulty acce...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
