| Summer Necklace: Ephemera of a Piney Woods Childhood Contributor(s): Houston, Helen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1622880633 ISBN-13: 9781622880638 Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Chapter Books - Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Topics) |
| Dewey: 070.442 |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.36 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Summer Necklace: Ephemera of a Piney Woods Childhood is a coming-of-age memoir set in 1950s East Texas. The thirty linked vignettes provide a nostalgic look at a bygone era. The book is for the young or young at heart who delight in memories of pets, pranks, and a day free to roam and who can identify with a teen longing to mature and move on. Some of the vignettes are whimsical and short, with effort in crafting as with a poem; others are longer, with a narrative tension. The vignettes proceed chronologically and culminate with the narrator's boarding the train for college. There is a writing activities page for those who wish to use this book in a classroom setting. |