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Laugh with the Moon
By BURG, Shana
- ISBN
- 978-0-385-73471-4 978-0-385-90469-8 978-0-375-98568-3
- Publisher
- Delacorte
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Starred Review on June 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–8—Thirteen-year-old Clare Silver is still wrapped up in her own personal tragedy when her father, a medical doctor, whisks her along on his journey to Africa as part of a two-month visit to work in a local clinic. While he relishes the smell of jasmine after a soaking rain, sleeping under a mosquito net, and reuniting with old friends, the only thing Clare sees in Malawi is isolation and loneliness. With no cell-phone reception and a new home that doesn't even keep out the rain, let alone local wil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Clare Silver must be the only girl in America whose father could think he can take her mind off her mother's death by dragging...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
