Title: In the country of Queens
Description: In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father.
Subjects: Fiction, Bashfulness, Death, Family life, History, Children's fiction, Bashfulness, fiction, Family life, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Death, fiction, Bashfulness -- Fiction, Family life -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction, Death -- Fiction, Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Places: New York (State), New York, Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Time periods: 20th century