Before we were yours [book club bag]
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Lexile measure
HL 760L
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Messenger Public Library of North Aurora - Adult Services Desk | BOOK CLUB BAG: BEFORE WE WERE YOURS | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adoption -- Corrupt practices -- Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Domestic fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Group reading.
Historical fiction.
Poor families -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Southern States -- Fiction.
Tann, Georgia, -- 1891-1950 -- Fiction.
Tennessee Children's Home Society -- Fiction.
Book clubs (Discussion groups)
Domestic fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Fiction.
Group reading.
Historical fiction.
Poor families -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Southern States -- Fiction.
Tann, Georgia, -- 1891-1950 -- Fiction.
Tennessee Children's Home Society -- Fiction.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Format
Kit
Physical Desc
1 kit (6 books) ; 23 cm + 1 reading group guide packet.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.1, 18 Points
Level 5.1, 18 Points
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
760
Notes
General Note
"A novel"--Cover.
General Note
Kit consists of 1 reinforced, zippered bag containing 6 large print hardcover books (605 pages); and a reading group guide packet with historical background information, recipes, Q&A with Lisa Wingate, and discussion questions to assist book group discussion leaders.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-592).
Description
Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge when strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents, but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility's cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.
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Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiance, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family's long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption. Based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals -- in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country -- Lisa Wingate's riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wingate, L. (2017). Before we were yours [book club bag] ([Book club bag].). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wingate, Lisa. 2017. Before We Were Yours [book Club Bag]. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wingate, Lisa. Before We Were Yours [book Club Bag] Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wingate, Lisa. Before We Were Yours [book Club Bag] [Book club bag]., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
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