Blackberries in the Dark

Blackberries in the Dark

by Mavis Jukes
Blackberries in the Dark

Blackberries in the Dark

by Mavis Jukes

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Overview

"Austin's visit to his grandmother's is the first since Grandpa died. Austin notices Grandpa's things but feels the emptiness of his absence. This spare story vividly captures the emotions of painful times and shows how they ease with sharing and remembering. Boy and grandfather were close, but boy and grandmother seem destined to be just as close, with Grandpa's memory to bind them. Poignant and perceptive, this has impressive resonance, and readers won't easily shed its warm afterglow."--(starred) Booklist.  

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780307554710
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 06/24/2009
Sold by: Random House
Format: eBook
Pages: 64
Lexile: 500L (what's this?)
File size: 7 MB
Age Range: 7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Mavis Jukes is the award-winning author of several books for children and teenagers, including the Newbery Honor Book Like Jake and Me .  Her other titles include No One is Going to Nashville , Blackberries in the Dark , Getting Even , Wild Iris Bloom , and I'll See You in My Dreams .  Mavis taught school for several years -- and was a lawyer -- before becoming a children's book writer.  She volunteers as an attorney in the area of juvenile defense and is presently a language arts specialist in a public elementary school.

She lives with her husband, the artist Robert Hudson, and their teenage daughters in Sonoma County, California.  
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