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Beholding Bee
By Fusco, Kimberly Newton
- ISBN
- 978-0-375-96836-5 978-0-375-86836-8
- Publisher
- Knopf (Random House Children's Books)
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2013
Bee Hockenberry defines herself by the large diamond-shaped birthmark on her cheek, spending most of her time averting her face and hiding from others. Orphaned at an early age, but lovingly cared for by a young woman, Pauline, Bee knows no other life than their traveling carney environment of 1942. There, as in much of the larger society, Americans drawn to the "freak shows" consider her mark a stigmata that should surely isola...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Intermediate Fiction
With a large diamond-shaped birthmark on her cheek, Bee knows no other life than the traveling carney environment of 1942 when she ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
