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Hamilton, Virginia

Time Pieces: The Book of Times

(4) 4-6 Telling family remembrances are the key to the past, and eleven-year-old Valena tries to connect with her heritage as she deals with the inevitability of change during the summer before sixth grade in a new school. Diffusely told, the pieces of the story do not always fit together, but perhaps that is the message Hamilton sought to convey in this, her last story.

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