01435cam a2200349 4500 339262380 TxAuBib 20150804120000.0 811217s1982||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 81022745 /AC 9780399208942 0399208941 (OCoLC)8112549 TxAuBib 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