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Available
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Publication
Arthur A. Levine Books (2007), 160 pages
Description
Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety, an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys.
User reviews
LibraryThing member snikita
Sprig is only ten years old and she already has tons of problems , like her big sister Dakota and her father leaving for Washington D.C for six weeks.This book would be perfect for people who like books about family.
LibraryThing member jeunlee
Sprig and Dakota is sister and in their one hand they hate each other and on the other hand they love each other. A problem gets worse and worse but then they got a solution. This book is perfect to people who want to make their sister disappear.
LibraryThing member GrytaJME
Perhaps two and three quarter stars. Finicky, yes, but I like to be accurate.
LibraryThing member GrytaJME
Perhaps two and three quarter stars. Finicky, yes, but I like to be accurate.
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Sprig, 10, and her older sister Dakota, 12, have the typical sibling relationship. Dakota lords her maturity over Sprig, and Sprig wishes her big sister would conveniently disappear, like smoke into the sky. But the two still need each other while Dad is away in Afghanistan, when best friends let
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them down, and when cute boys disappoint. This may be a young chapter book but there is plenty of plot and density to the family situation and sibling dynamics. Show Less
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Awards
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2007-09-01
Physical description
160 p.; 5.75 inches
ISBN
0439839831 / 9780439839839