It’s pretty clear what my parents’ expectations were. I highly recommend this wonderful book! Read more This is clearly the best of a very good group of nominees. There are 15 books nominated this is the 14th I've read.
This is nominated for the Missouri Gateway Readers Award in 2010. Billie forms a friendship with Lydia, an elderly neighbor, and as the years pass we see not only the significant events of a tumultuous time but the significance of those on ordinary people. Billie is the only child of two struggling farmers who have at best neglected their child by never being around. Set in the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, Billie has her eyes opened to a world beyond her father's limited visions for her. The fact that the story takes place in rural western Missouri, not far from where my own high school library is, makes the book that much more relevant. It is a story of redemption, love, life, and ultimately, hope. This is more than a coming of age story, it is the tale of the worst of an angry world being thrust upon an innocent girl- and the fallout that remains. This is the story of an unlikely friendship between an eleven year old girl, Billie, and an elderly woman, Lydia, who lives across the street.
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