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Gr 9 Up—Since the death of her mother, Catalina and her younger brother have frequently moved between cabins in the Wisconsin wilderness with their dreamy father. Teenaged Catalina once wrote poetry but has since abandoned her passion, instead working to keep her family fed. With the sudden appearance of three apples outside their door, Catalina's father erupts into uncharacteristic violence, but this is only the beginning of the family's new woes. A sudden illness claims her father and at his deathbed a monster appears; t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More