Praying at the Sweetwater Motel
Subtitle: a novel
By: by April Young Fritz
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780786818648
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Family; Wife abuse
Description: When Sarah Jane's alcoholic father hits her, her long-abused mother has finally had enough; she takes the 12-year-old and her 4-year-old sister and runs off. After a road trip filled with fear, hunger, and frustration, they find a haven at a motel in Dublin, Ohio, where the elderly owner, Mrs. Sweetwater, makes an offer of housing in exchange for chores. Before long, the girl is faced with the problem of starting a new school and trying to hide the fact that she lives in a motel. She also wishes that her parents would get back together-after all, her father can change, can't he?

Sarah Jane, her little sister, and her mother move away from her abusive father and live at the Sweetwater Motel in Ohio.
Notes: Grades 5-8.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Red Boots -- 3 -- 2; title: Secrets -- 13 -- 3; title: On the Road -- 27 -- 4; title: No Room at the Inn -- 35 -- 5; title: The Sweetwater Motel -- 47 -- 6; title: Alice Lets the Cat Out of the Bag -- 58 -- 7; title: The Columbus Zoo -- 71 -- 8; title: Mama Disappears -- 78 -- 9; title: The Bridal Suite -- 92 -- 10; title: The Bus Doesn't Stop at the Sweetwater Motel -- 108 -- 11; title: The Man in Room Number One -- 115 -- 12; title: A Girl Named Fred -- 126 -- 13; title: Just Desserts -- 140 -- 14; title: "I Turn the Pages" -- 147 -- 15; title: A Knight in High-Tops -- 152 -- 16; title: Five-Finger Discount -- 162 -- 17; title: Skipping School -- 171 -- 18; title: Jailhouse Blues -- 181 -- 19; title: Motel Girl -- 189 -- 20; title: I Bury My Shirt -- 202 -- 21; title: I Make Plans -- 209 -- 22; title: A Horse Named Pearl -- 221 -- 23; title: By Myself Alone -- 233 -- 24; title: Signs -- 237 -- 25; title: Rule Number Seven -- 252 -- 26; title: Homecoming-- 263.