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Horvath, Polly

The Canning Season

196 pp. | Farrar | May, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-374-39956-5 $$16.00
(1) YA Elderly twin sisters Tilly and PenPen Menuto are happy living in the bear-infested woods of Maine. Their isolation ends when a distant cousin dumps her thirteen-year-old daughter on them. Adults in the story are not necessarily nice or wise or loving--and neither are the children. They are, however, multi-layered and surprising. More accumulation than narrative, this is for those sophisticated enough to enjoy a less conventional story.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2003

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