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The Summer of Sassy Jo

by J. P. Reading · 1989

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Almost fourteen, Sara Jo tries to cope with her conflicting emotions when she goes to spend the summer with her mother, a reformed alcoholic who abandoned her when she was little.

Themes
dysfunctional familydysfunctional familyMore like thisLess of thismother daughtermother daughterMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 182 pages

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