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Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Gr 6-8 Set during the early years of the Great Depression, this novel centers around a deluded and impoverished itinerant preacher, his emotionally spent and physically frail wife, and their 12-year-old daughter, June. Failing to attract an audience, the girl's father designs a tightrope-walking act to draw people to his sermons. When Pa is arrested and sent to prison for five months, June and her mother have a brief respite of stability and peace in a s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More