In a small southern town over the summer of 1960, two years after her older brother's death, thirteen-year-old Buddy tries to cope with the absence of her mother, who has been hospitalized after suffering a nervous breakdown.
year: 2002, 2004
call number/section: 1000
subjects: mothers and daughters, fiction, mental illness, death, family problems, teenage girls, family, southern states, fiction
Editions
Fritz, April Young
Hyperion Books for Children (2002)
In a small southern town over the summer of 1960, two years after her older brother's death, thirteen-year-old Buddy tries to cope with the absence of her mother, who has been hospitalized after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Schools: 3
Fritz, April Young
Hyperion Paperbacks (2004)
Thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Mullens questions why her mother leaves the family, but when she learns that her mother had a complete "breakdown" and is hospitalized, Elizabeth is determined to get her back home again.
Schools: 0