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Moranville, Sharelle Byars

Over the River

229 pp. | Holt | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-7049-4 $$16.95
(3) 4-6 Eleven-year-old Willa Mae has been raised by her grandparents since her mother died five years ago and her father left to join the navy in this story set during WWII. When her father returns, he takes Willa Mae and moves from Illinois to start a new life in Oklahoma. In a story about a family trying to overcome loss, Willa Mae is an intriguing and sympathetic character. Moranville gives her first novel for children a strong sense of time and place.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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