Summary
Eli the Good: A Summer of Tumult and Truth
For ten-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild sister; his former war protester aunt; and his tough yet troubled best friend, Edie, the only person with whom he can be himself. As tempers flare and his father’s nightmares rage, Eli cannot escape the current of conflict. From Silas House comes a tender look at the comple…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780763652883 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0763652881 |
| Author: | Silas House |
| Publisher: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Candlewick Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 279g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
The story flows along as steadily as a stream, carrying readers and Eli to the end of summer and beyond, into a coda where he is an adult. Eli is good company and children will enjoy accompanying him on his journey.—School Library Journal (starred review)
About The Author
Silas House
Silas House is the nationally best-selling author of Eli the Good as well as the award-winning novels Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, and The Coal Tattoo. He is an associate professor at Berea College and lives in eastern Kentucky.
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