[LM_NET] BOOK: ELEM: Singing Hands by Delia Ray

[Toni Buzzeo <tonibuzzeo@TONIBUZZEO.COM>]

Singing Hands by Delia Ray (Clarion, 2006). ISBN: 0618657622

Augusta (Gussie) Davis and her two sisters are hearing children of two deaf 
parents in 1948 Birmingham, Alabama.  As if that weren't challenging 
enough, Gussie has to endure a perfect older sister and her father's high 
expectations of her in his position as the pastor of St. Jude's Church for 
the deaf community as she totters helplessly and mischievously on the bring 
of adolescence.  It's not that Gussie means to wreck havoc, to steal a 
precious love letter from the boarder's closet, to hum aloud every song she 
knows amidst the silent worshipers at Sunday service, to make fun of the 
members of the congregation from the other side of the kitchen door as she 
serves them sweets in the dining room, but what's a high-spirited girl to 
do with three endless months of summer vacation?  Readers who love Deborah 
Wiles's lively heroines or the many Southern novels of Barbara O'Connor 
should expect to develop a big soft spot for Gussie as she stumbles on 
toward her own personal definition of integrity.  [Suggested grades 4-6]


Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
Maine Association of School Libraries Board Member
Buxton, ME 04093
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com  

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