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The Vacation
By Horvath, Polly
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37438-070-0
- Publisher
- Farrar
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2005
Gr 6-9 Horvath spins another delightfully offbeat yarn, complete with her signature cast of eccentric characters, wacky situations, poignant moments, and snappy dialogue. Twelve-year-old Henry's mother decides on a whim to be a missionary in Africa and drags his father along, leaving Henry in the care of his aunts, Magnolia and Pigg, for several months. Mag, turning 40 and recovering from an obscure disease, decides that they need a vacation. They embark on a destination-less car trip that feels more like a kidnapping to the boy. The au...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2005
Vacation becomes existential crucible in another cheery grotesque from Horvath. When Henry's mother abruptly decides to go to Africa as an unaffiliated missionary, Henry is marooned with his spinster aunts, Pigg and Magnolia. The narrative wastes no time taking Henry and the reader out of the mundane and into the surreal: almost immediately, Mag contracts a rare and disgusting blood dis...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
