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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2018 | Middle Grade
Gr 5–8-"The Gift killed your mother…Mama says the Gifts are the devil's work." Bone has no idea what gifts her cousin Ruby is talking about, but she learns pretty quickly when she starts to visualize stories contained in objects she touches. In a genuine voice that sucks readers into Appalachia during World War II, Smibert tells an absorbing coming-of-age story. Bone (aka Laurel Phill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2018
When twelve-year-old Bone, a spunky storyteller, picks up an object, she experiences its history and relives scenes from its own...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
