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Hurst, Carol Otis

Torchlight

142 pp. | Houghton/Lorraine | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-618-27601-7 $16.00
(4) 4-6 Inspired by an 1854 incident--the threatened burning of a partially built Catholic church in Massachusetts--Hurst explores class and ethnic tensions as experienced by fifth-grade classmates, naive Charlotte and acerbic, witty Maggie. Yankee Charlotte lives in comfort, while Maggie's Irish family struggles to get by. The story is occasionally bogged down by a history-lesson feel.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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