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Prosek, James

The Day My Mother Left

292 pp. | Simon | February, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-0770-1 $15.99
(3) 4-6 At age nine Jeremy is devastated when his depressed mother deserts his family, leaving him and his older sister to comfort their distraught father. Taking solace in drawing birds, which Prosek shows in realistic black-and-white illustrations that open each chapter, Jeremy slowly learns to live without his mother. Jeremy's terse first-person narration is sad and unflinching.
Reviewer: Lauren Maggio

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