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A runaway seeks Harper Lee for answers | ||||||||
| Sometimes the things that need to be discovered aren’t so easily found at home. Erin is certain that this is true in her case. A book is all that connects Erin to her mother, who died when she was a baby. But how much can Erin really learn about her mother from a tattered copy of To Kill a Mockingbird? | |||||||||
| On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Erin decides it’s finally time to find out. And so begins her bus journey from Minnesota to Alabama in search of Harper Lee, the reclusive author of Mockingbird. | |||||||||
| In a novel full of quirky characters, strange coincidences, and on-the-road adventures, Loretta Ellsworth deftly traces a unique voyage of self-discovery. | |||||||||
| Awards and Honors | |||||||||
| TAYSHAS Reading List, Texas Library Association, 2008-2009 Teen's Top Ten nomination Best Books for Young Adults nomination Cybil Award nomination Midwest Connections Spring/Summer Pick Midwest Bookseller's Choice Honor Award in Children's Literature, 2007 New York Library's List for the Teenage Notable Book in Language Arts, 2008 Book-of-the-Month Club Selection |
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