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Gr 7-10 The Quade girls were raised by their father, a small-time gambler and thief who was disowned by his wealthy father for marrying a good-for-nothing woman. After their mother deserts them and their father dies, the girls are taken in by a woman who owns a deli, but their lives change when they are notified that the grandfather whom they've never met has died and named them in his will. Helen, 22, Jeannie, 17, and Aggie, 14, meet with the attorney only to learn ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fourteen-year-old Aggie and her two older sisters constitute the most precarious of families: their father, a convicted thief estranged from his own family, has died; their mother ran off long ago (though Aggie clings to the hope that she'll come back); and the sisters lead separate lives. When they are told that their grandfather has died and that they are the heirs to his estate, they leap at the lifeline. Only Aggie sees the tiny Canadian town of Port Desire, from which their father was sent away in disgrace, as a permanent destination; the other two want to take the mo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More