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Gr 2–4—Heather Henson's award-wining book (Atheneum, 2008), inspired by the Pack Horse Librarians of the 1930s who brought books to rural residents of the Appalachian Mountains, is presented here in grand style. Walker Harrison reads the story in a boy's voice as it is told in the first person by Cal, a young man who is, at first, unimpressed by both books and the woman who brings them. As time goes by, however, he begins to wonder what his sister, Lark, sees in all ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More