Good GracesTo this day, my sister insists it was nothing more than the unrelenting heat that drove us to do what we did that summer, but that’s just Troo yanking my chain the way she always has. Deep down, she knows as well as I do that it wasn’t anything as mundane as the weather. It was the hand of the Almighty that shoved us off the straight and narrow path… Whistling in the Dark—a national bestseller—captivated readers with the story of ten-year-old Sally O’Malley and her sister, Troo, during Milwaukee’s summer of 1959. Now it’s one year later, and Sally, who made a deathbed promise to her daddy to keep Troo safe, is having a hard time honoring her vow. Her sister is growing increasingly rebellious amid a string of home burglaries, the escape from reform school of a nemesis, and the mysterious disappearance of an orphan—events that have the entire neighborhood on edge. And in that tense, hot summer, Sally will have to ground her flights of imagination, and barter her waning innocence, in order to sort the truths from the lies to protect her sister and herself. |
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User Review - Rascalstar - LibraryThingThis is a charming story told from the perspective of an 11-year-old in 1960. I enjoyed the story and the insights into relationships that were skillfully shown and not narrated to the reader. I have ... Read full review
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User Review - indygo88 - LibraryThingThis is the follow-up to Kagen's Whistling in the Dark, which takes place a year after that one, in the summer of 1960. It features Sally & Troo O'Malley, 11- and 10-year-old sisters. While this could ... Read full review
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| Title | Good Graces |
| Author | Lesley Kagen |
| Publisher | Penguin, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1101549068, 9781101549063 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Coming of Age Fiction / Family Life Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense |
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