Denise C. (blueyes) - , reviewed on 5/12/2006 + 33 more book reviews

FROM BACK COVER... FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOUR OF MOTHER OF PEARL COMES THE STORY OF CHALKTOWN, AN EERILY QUIET VILLAGE IN GEORGE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WHERE FOLKS COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER SOLEY THROUGH CHALKBOARDS HANGING FROM THEIR FRONT PORCHES. SIXTEEN YEAR OLD HEZEKIA SHEEHAND LIVES DOWN THE ROAD WITH HIS RECKLESS SISTER, ARENA, HIS MENTALLY DISABLED YONGER BROTHER, YELLABABY, AND THEIR OFTEN CRUEL MOTHER, SUSAN-BLAIR, WHOSE HUSBAND HAS ABANDONED THE FAMILY. THE MYSTERY OF CHALKTOWN CALLS TO HEZ, AND ONE DAY HE SETS OUT WITH YELLABABY STRAPPED TO HIS BACK, DETERMINED TO DIVINE THE KEY TO THE CHALK. MEANWHILE, HIS FAMILY CONFRONTHS A TRAGEDY THAT JUST MIGHT PAVE AN UNEXPECTED TEAD TOWARD A HOPEFUL FUTURE. I DID ENJOY THIS BOOK.

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