In the Country of Queens
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 211 pages ; 22 cm
In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about her beloved, deceased father.
Subjects:
Bashfulness -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Death -- Juvenile fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Bashfulness -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction.
Death -- Juvenile fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 970L
ISBN:
9780374370527 (hardcover)