Book club kit. a novel / Before we were yours
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Lexile measure
HL 760L
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Downers Grove Public Library - Ask Staff | BOOK BAG BEFORE WE WERE YOURS | Ask staff |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adoption -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.
Book club kits.
Domestic fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Orphanages -- Fiction.
Poor children -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Southern States -- Fiction.
Tann, Georgia, -- 1891-1950 -- Fiction.
Tennessee -- Fiction.
Tennessee Children's Home Society -- Fiction.
Book club kits.
Domestic fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Orphanages -- Fiction.
Poor children -- Fiction.
Poor families -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Siblings -- Fiction.
Southern States -- Fiction.
Tann, Georgia, -- 1891-1950 -- Fiction.
Tennessee -- Fiction.
Tennessee Children's Home Society -- Fiction.
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Format
Kit
Physical Desc
1 book club kit (contents vary)
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.1, 18 Points
Level 5.1, 18 Points
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
760
Notes
General Note
Ask staff how to reserve and borrow this kit. All copies are checked out and returned by one member of your group.
Description
"Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale. Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge--until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents--but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility's cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty. Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiance, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis,a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family's long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. Based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals--in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country--Lisa Wingate's riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong"--,Provided by publisher.
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KIT
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wingate, L. Book club kit: a novel .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wingate, Lisa. Book Club Kit: A Novel. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wingate, Lisa. Book Club Kit: A Novel .
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wingate, Lisa. Book Club Kit: A Novel
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