rimwalkers
Gr. 6-10. Fourteen-year-old Victoria Moore has always seen herself as living in the shadow of her popular younger sister, Sara. Then the girls spend the summer at their grandparents' midwestern farm with their cousins, quiet, dependable Elijah and renegade, dare-devil Rennie. The boys and Tory (as Rennie calls her) form a bond that revolves around the team spirit required to do the farm chores, the treacherous rim-walking that Rennie is so good at, and a mysterious ghost child. For the first time, it's Victoria who belongs and Sara who's left isolated and vulnerable to the pull of the lonely child spirit. When tragedy strikes and Sara almost dies, Tory fears that her rejection of Sara may have led to the accident. The setting is richly drawn, making the farm and its magic real to even the most urban reader. The characters, while a tad too wise for their ages, are well-developed and realistically motivated and will certainly app
From Kirkus Reviews , October 1, 1993 i think this book relates to everyone who doesn't fit in. And it can help those who do to see the other side of things. I recommend this book to everyone. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Approximate Word count = 641
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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