Carrie, an eight-year-old narrator wise beyond her years, lives with her six-year-old sister, Emma, her mother, and her stepfather, Richard, in a small North Carolina town. Carrie fondly remembers her Daddy, a carpet salesman who was killed in a robbery. Richard is his opposite: an often-unemployed alcoholic who abuses Carrie and Emma as well as their momma. But they are dependent on him as he moves them across the state when he finds a sawmill job. With a seemingly indomitable spirit, Carrie perseveres, making friends at her new school, avoiding blows from both parents whenever possible, and seeking solace with an elderly neighbor who senses her isolation and introduces her to guitar picking and target shooting.
Record details
ISBN:9780778320821 (hbk.) :
ISBN:0778320820 (hbk.) :
ISBN:9780778327332 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print 299 p. ; 22 cm.
Publisher:Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA Books, 2005, c2004.