"With her father long gone and M'Vy, her practical-nurse mother, away most of the time 14-year-old Teresa (Tree) care for her retarded older brother, Dab. . . . Poetic, many-layered . . . this is Hamilton at her best, with a humane acceptance of people in their struggle, and hope for the power of their love".--School Library Journal, starred review. American Book Award Honor; Newbery Medal Honor Book; Corretta Scott King Award; Boston Globe/Horn Book Children's Book Award.
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"With her father long gone and M'Vy, her practical-nurse mother, away most of the time 14-year-old Teresa (Tree) care for her retarded older brother, Dab. . . . Poetic, many-layered . . . this is Hamilton at her best, with a humane acceptance of people in their struggle, and hope for the power of their love".--School Library Journal, starred review. American Book Award Honor; Newbery Medal Honor Book; Corretta Scott King Award; Boston Globe/Horn Book Children's Book Award.
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Seller's Description:
Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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Very Good. Very Good-Dust Jacket. Very good hardcover with very good-dust jacket. DJ is price-clipped and has minor shelfwear. Text, boards, and binding in very good condition. Light tanning due to age.
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/Leo & Diane Dillon. Good in Very Good jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, VG ex library copy in near fine orange pictorial dj with Newbery Honor book sticker on cover. Young adult novel. 'Fourteen-year-old Teresa, better known as Tree, is the sole caretaker of her retarded older brother, Dabney. ' A stranger causes Tree to explore hidden secrets of her family's recent past, with startling results. 215 pp.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition/second printing book is tight with no markings, rubber stamp P on top page edge, tape residue from sticker removal on ffep, board edges have bumping and rubbing, dj has some rubbing and light soiling, edges have curling/creasing.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author A Newberry Honor Book. Inscribed by author on title page. Jacket has light edgewear. Boards show no wear. Pages are clean, text unmarked, binding is tight.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 224 p. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. Newbery Honor book 1983. No medal on DJ, so this is from before the award was given. No publishing history listed, presumed first ed.