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Hamilton, Virginia,
1934-2002.
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush /
Virginia Hamilton.
New York, N.Y. :
Philomel Books,
1982.
215 p. ;
22 cm.
Accelerated Reader Word Count - 60655.
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle and comes to a deeper understanding of her family's problems.
Middle grades Plus (6 and up.)
Accelerated Reader AR
Middle Grades Plus (6 and up)
3.8
8.0
141.
20051130.
Coretta Scott King Award Winner for Author, 1983.
Newbery Honor Book, 1983.
Families
Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families
Juvenile fiction.
Ghost stories.
African Americans
Juvenile fiction.
University Park African-American collection.
ALEML