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320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780771037979
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In a small prairie school in 1929, Connie Flood helps a backward student, Michael Graves, learn how to read. Observing them and darkening their lives is the principal, Parley Burns, whose strange behaviour culminates in an attack so disturbing its...
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dark 100%
mysterious 100%
reflective 100%
Pace
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 50%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 100%Loveable characters?
No: 100%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%Average rating
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Moderate
Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Fire/Fire injury
320 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780771037979
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In a small prairie school in 1929, Connie Flood helps a backward student, Michael Graves, learn how to read. Observing them and darkening their lives is the principal, Parley Burns, whose strange behaviour culminates in an attack so disturbing its...
Community Reviews Summary of 178 reviews
Moods
dark 100%
mysterious 100%
reflective 100%
Pace
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 50%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 100%Loveable characters?
No: 100%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Fire/Fire injury