The silver star
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, c2013.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
395 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Status:
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle and Hang the Moon, Jeannette Walls's gripping novel "transports us with her powerful storytelling...contemplates the extraordinary bravery needed to confront real-life demons in a world where the hardest thing to do may be to not run away" (O, The Oprah Magazine).
It is 1970 in a small town in California. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two. When Bean returns from school one day and sees a police car outside the house, she and Liz decide to take the bus to Virginia, where their widowed Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in Charlotte's family for generations.
An impetuous optimist, Bean soon discovers who her father was, and hears stories about why their mother left Virginia in the first place. Money is tight, and the sisters start babysitting and doing office work for Jerry Maddox, foreman of the mill in town, who bullies his workers, his tenants, his children, and his wife. Liz is whip-smart—an inventor of word games, reader of Edgar Allan Poe, nonconformist. But when school starts in the fall, it's Bean who easily adjusts, and Liz who becomes increasingly withdrawn. And then something happens to Liz in the car with Maddox.
Jeannette Walls has written a deeply moving novel about triumph over adversity and about people who find a way to love each other and the world, despite its flaws and injustices.
It is 1970 in a small town in California. "Bean" Holladay is twelve and her sister, Liz, is fifteen when their artistic mother, Charlotte, takes off to find herself, leaving her girls enough money to last a month or two. When Bean returns from school one day and sees a police car outside the house, she and Liz decide to take the bus to Virginia, where their widowed Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in Charlotte's family for generations.
An impetuous optimist, Bean soon discovers who her father was, and hears stories about why their mother left Virginia in the first place. Money is tight, and the sisters start babysitting and doing office work for Jerry Maddox, foreman of the mill in town, who bullies his workers, his tenants, his children, and his wife. Liz is whip-smart—an inventor of word games, reader of Edgar Allan Poe, nonconformist. But when school starts in the fall, it's Bean who easily adjusts, and Liz who becomes increasingly withdrawn. And then something happens to Liz in the car with Maddox.
Jeannette Walls has written a deeply moving novel about triumph over adversity and about people who find a way to love each other and the world, despite its flaws and injustices.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Durham Large Print
LP FIC WAL
On Shelf
East Lyme Public Adult Large Print Collection
LTE Walls, Jeannette (Silver)
On Shelf
Hamden/Miller Adult Large Type Fiction
LP/FIC/WALLS
On Shelf
Ledyard/Bill Large Print
LP Walls
On Shelf
Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction - Large Type
LT F WALLS
Due May 1, 2024
North Haven Adult Large Print Fiction
Large Print Fiction Walls
On Shelf
Westbrook Adult Large Print
LP F WAL
On Shelf
Woodbridge Adult Large Type Fiction
LT/FIC WALLS
On Shelf
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781410458452, 1410458458
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.8, 11 Points
Level 5.8, 11 Points
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APA Citation (style guide)
Walls, J. (2013). The silver star. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Walls, Jeannette. 2013. The Silver Star. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Walls, Jeannette, The Silver Star. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, 2013.
MLA Citation (style guide)Walls, Jeannette. The Silver Star. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press, 2013.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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