The Warden's Daughter

Author: Jerry Spinelli

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  • : 19.99 AUD
  • : 9781524719241
  • : Random House Children's Books
  • : Red Fox
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  • : October 2016
  • : 210mm X 140mm
  • : United States
  • : 19.99
  • : April 2017
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  • : Jerry Spinelli
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : [Fic]
  • : Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
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Barcode 9781524719241
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Description

From Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee, Stargirl) comes the knockout story of a girlwho must come to terms with her mother's death from inside the walls of a prison.

Cammie O'Reilly is the warden's daughter, living in an apartment above the entrance to the Hancock County Prison. But she's also living in a prison of grief and anger about the mother who died saving her from harm when she was just a baby. And prison has made her mad. This girl's nickname is Cannonball.

In the summer of 1959, as twelve turns to thirteen, everything is in flux. Cammie's best friend is discovering lipstick and American Bandstand. A child killer is caught and brought to her prison. And the only mother figures in her life include a flamboyant shoplifter named Boo Boo and a sullen reformed arsonist of a housekeeper. All will play a role in Cammie's coming-of-age. But one in particular will make a staggering sacrifice to ensure that Cammie breaks free from her past.

Master storyteller Jerry Spinelli spins a tale of loss and redemption like no other. The Warden's Daughtershows that kindness and compassion can often be found where we least expect it.

Reviews

Praise for the works of Jerry Spinelli-

Spinelli is a poet of the prepubescent. . . . No writer guides his young characters, and his readers, past these pitfalls and challenges and toward their futures with more compassion. -The New York Times

It's almost unreal how much the children's book still resonates. -Bustle.com on Maniac Magee

Author description

JERRY SPINELLI is the author of many books for young readers, including Stargirl; Love, Stargirl; Milkweed; Crash; Wringer; and Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal; along withaKnots in My Yo-Yo String, his autobiography. A graduate of Gettysburg College, he lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, poet and author Eileen Spinelli.