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Whistling past the graveyard / Susan Crandall.

Crandall, Susan. (Author).

Summary:

Determined to get to Nashville to find her mother in 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's Mississippi home, eventually accepting a ride from a Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1476707723
  • ISBN: 9781476707723
  • ISBN: 9781476740041
  • Physical Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Gallery Book edition
  • Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A novel"--Jacket.
With Note:
MARCIVE 8/1/13
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.5 15 171634.
Subject:
Friendship > Fiction.
Girls > Mississippi > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Race relations > Mississippi > Fiction.
Runaway children > Fiction.
Friendships.
Girls.
Mississippi > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Mississippi > Race relations > Fiction.
Genre:
Coming-of-age fiction
Road fiction.

Available copies

  • 46 of 50 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 50 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Statesville Main Library F CRANDALL (Text) 33114017332347 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/11/2026

Accessibility Features

Summary: Determined to get to Nashville to find her mother in 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's Mississippi home, eventually accepting a ride from a Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby.

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