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Ray and the best family reunion ever
By Walter, Mildred Pitts
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06623-625-4
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c2002.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2002
Gr 3-6 Ray Moret lives with his parents and older sister in L.A., but most of the story happens in Natchitoches, LA, at his Creole family's triennial reunion. Adding excitement, and tension, is the fact that Ray's Gran-papa Philippe is expected to attend even though he is not welcome by many in the family, including his own son (Ray's father). At the four-day reunion, the 11-year-old meets cousins, aunts, uncles, and his grandfather, who introduces him to the family's history as freed African Creoles in colonial Louisiana and to the plantation they built and ow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
