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Baby of the Family Paperback - 1991
by Tina McElroy Ansa
The New York Times Book Review's Notable Book of the Yearhild at the moment of her birth, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. But only one nurse knows the spells to ensure that Lena will see good ghosts, not evil ones.
Summary
An evocative, delicately comic story of a girl’s coming of age. From the moment of her birth in a rural black hospital in Georgia, Lena McPherson is recognized as a special child, with the power to see ghosts and predict the future. Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.
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A hush swallowed the hot little room as the mother shuddered one last time, pushed down hard, and bore her third child, her baby girl, into the world.
Details
- Title Baby of the Family
- Author Tina McElroy Ansa
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 276
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, Orlando, FL
- Date 1991-05-31
- ISBN 9780156101509 / 0156101505
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.06 x 5.44 x 0.66 in (20.47 x 13.82 x 1.68 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Reading level 1150
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Georgia, African American children
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 8907466
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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