Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia Paperback Book

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Author: Rita Williams-Garcia

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Publisher: Puffin Books

Published: Dec 1969

Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - People & Places - United States - African American

Retail Price: $5.99

Ages: 12 - 17

Pages: 176

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When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old--and her baby, Jos--down to Georgia, to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There's nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one around except kneesock-wearing, Jesus-praising cousin Cookie. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch--and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future. Williams-Garcia has surpassed herself.She has set these fictional characters firmly in the real world while still allowing them to rise from the pages and into readers' hearts and imaginations. --The Horn Book, starred review

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