Cynthia Voigt
Tree By Leaf
Hardcover
(Atheneum March 31, 1988)
, 1st ed edition
A father's return home following World War I creates problems for his family, especially for twelve-year-old Clothilde, who struggles to accept his horrible disfigurement and opposes her mother's plan to sell Clothilde's land, a peninsula off the coast of Maine, to help pay the family's expenses.Angry about her father's wartime disfigurement, the sufferings of her friend, and the sale of the family land, thirteen-year-old Clothilde rebels against fate and God until a mysterious encounter leads her to find courage and understanding
- ISBN
- 0689314035 / 9780689314032
- Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 16.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 0.8
in.