lucy Is A Baby When She Joins The Sandoni Clan: Rocco (one Of Three Sandoni Brothers) Wins A Buick Convertible In A Poker Game; Rhodi (one Of Five Sandoni Sisters) Finds Lucy Abandoned In The Backseat. Eighteen Years Later, All Six Of Her Sandoni “aunts” Having Died, Lucy Waits For A Sign That It’s Time To Leave The Stifling New York Household Of Her Domineering “uncles.” After All, Signs, As Rhodi Taught Her, Are Meant To Be Followed!
so When A Fire Engulfs The Sandoni Brothers’ Business, Lucy Flees Town. She Heads West, Getting Off At Gardenia, Iowa, Where The Offbeat Folk Welcome Her. The Past, However, Isn’t Easy To Leave Behind. Lucy’s Deceased Aunts Pay Her Regular Visits. Lucy Also Fears That Her Uncles Will Track Her Down. Should She Stay In Gardenia Or Should She Push On? And As Her Old Life Catches Up With Her, Lucy Feels Lost. She’ll Have To Remember That wanting To Get Lost Is Often The Quickest Means Of Finding Your Way.
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imagine Winning The Car Of Your Dreams. Rocco, From The Sandoni Clan, Wins A Buick. As Luck Would Have It, He Is In For More Than A Good Car. In The Back Seat, Rests Baby Lucy. The Sandoni Uncles And Aunts End Up Raising Lucy As Their Own. Their Lives Are Filled With Typical Family Turmoil. The Biggest Is When All Of The Aunts Die And Lucy Is Left In The Care Of Her Uncles. Then A Fire Engulfs The Family Business And Saves Lucy From Being Married Off To Someone She Does Not Love. The Planned Marriage Is Meant To Pay Back One Of Her Uncle's Debts. As The Fire Takes The Building, A Voice Tells Lucy To Leave New York. At The Age Of 18, She Leaves And Begins A New Life Of Adventure And Excitement. She Encounters Her Aunt Rhodi Who Assures Her She Is Doing The Right Thing. Luck Continues To Find Her And She Lands In Gardenia, Iowa. Under The Careful Eye Of Her Aunts And The Buick Citizens Of Iowa, Lucy Begins A New Life. However, Is It A Life Far From Her Past And Her Uncles? 2005, Delacorte Press, Ages 12 Up.
Categories:
- Teen & Young Adult
- Literature & Fiction
- Social & Family Issues
- Self Esteem & Reliance
- Social & Family Issues
- Literature & Fiction
Publisher : Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Author : Murphy, Rita
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2005-11-08
Number Of Pages : 176
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0385729391
ISBN-13 : 9780385729390
Item weight : 0.6 lb
Dimensions : 0.8 in x 5.8 in x 8.3 in
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