Set in 1949 in the Smoky Mountains, Come Next Spring describes twelve-year-old Salina's struggles to accept change ? a highway taking farmland, siblings starting their own lives, and nothing left in common with her best friend. Nominated for the Volunteer State Children's Book Award and for the Mark Twain Award by the MO. Assoc. of School Librarians.
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Come Next Spring draws on memories from my childhood in a small town in Kentucky?fried chicken, corn bread, family gossip on the front porch, and the bookmobile. While I have never lived in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, I visit there often, and the quiet majesty has a special hold on my heart.
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Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine - -. Shelf 304 Clean and tight; signed by author with inscription," For __ He came back! Alana White" then heart with arrow drawn through it; plate with prior owner's name on FFEP; Not a book club (BC)copy. Not ex library, not a remainder. Inscribed By Author Signed. Seller Inventory # 310801