Description |
xii, 302, 15 p. ; 20 cm. |
Indexed In: |
Wilson's Senior High School, October 2003 |
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Wilson's Fiction, April 2004 |
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Library Journal, December 2001 |
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Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004 |
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Publisher's Weekly, November 2001 |
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Booklist, December 2001 |
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New York Times, May 2003 |
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Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2002 |
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Teacher Librarian, April 2003 |
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Christian Library, February 2003 |
Summary |
Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers, and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina at the home of three beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August. |
Audience |
Adult Follett Library Resources |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR RL 5.7 15.0 68836 |
Subject |
Teenagers -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
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Girls -- Fiction.
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Women -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
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Racism -- South Carolina -- Fiction.
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Beekeeping -- Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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ISBN |
0142001740 |
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