In the Country of Queens

Author: Cari Best
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Category: Children's Fiction, Family, Death & Bereavement
Age Group: 10-14
Book Format: Hardcover

Eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns lives with her domineering mother, Hurricane Anna, and loving Grandmother. One day she unexpectedly discovers that her beloved father isn't in Absentia as her family would have her believe, but dead. And she understands all too well why they haven't told her; she's always been shy and quiet, and Anna has always been protective of her. But if Shirley doesn't start speaking up, she isn't going to be able to do the things she wants to do: go on vacation to Lake Winnipesaukee with her cousins, stop taking ballet lessons, and talk about her father. Through the help of a mouse, her hero Pippi Longstocking, and her cousin Phillie, Shirley finds the strength to give her dreams a voice and convince everyone, even Hurricane Anna, that she doesn't need to be sheltered, especially from the truth. IN THE COUNTRY OF QUEENS is the debut novel from acclaimed picture-book author Cari Best.

About Cari Best
Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and Are You Going to Be Good?, a Parents' Choice Award Winner. In the Country of Queens is her first novel. She lives in Weston, Connecticut.

(BK-9780374370527)

SKU BK-9780374370527
Barcode # 9780374370527
Brand Farrar Straus Giroux
Artist / Author Cari Best
Shipping Weight 0.4500kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.030m
Shipping Length 0.210m
Assembled Length 20.800m
Assembled Height 2.500m
Assembled Width 14.000m
Type Hardcover

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