Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family
Grade 7-9–This lyrical novel is actually a collection of vignettes that spans five generations of a family living in the Louisiana bayous. Beginning with Rose as a young girl who, in 1939, must drop out of school in order to help her mother put food on the table, the stories follow pivotal moments–an injured dog, learning to dance, a summer job–in the lives of her descendants. What connects the chapters is the presence of books, whether on a bookmobile or on a library shelf, or even the writing of ones own story. Holt once again excels at creating character and an evocative sense of place.–Melissa Moore, Union University Library, Jackson, TNCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.