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Laso, Maria D.

Otherwise Known as Possum

233 pp. | Scholastic | February, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-92795-6 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-545-93194-6
(3) 4-6 After her mother dies, eleven-year-old Possum mourns by rejecting any further changes to her life. She doesn't want to attend school, show interest in her best friend's crush, or even imagine that her father might be growing sweet on another woman. Laso captures both Possum's internal angst and the day-to-day realities of her 1930s life in the rural Deep South with gentle humor and poignant empathy.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

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