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GRASS ANGEL Julie Schumacher Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | March 2004 | $15.95 | 0-385-73073-X | Ages 10-14 Hardcover Library Binding | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | March 2004 | $17.99 | 0-385-90163-1 | Ages 10-14

Imagine your only parent leaving you for the summer, claiming that she needs time to “find herself.” Frances is looking forward to the summer—hanging out with her best friend Agnes and going to Camp Whitman . But when her mom announces that she's going to Mountain Ash, a spiritual retreat in the middle of Oregon, Frances sees her plans come to a screeching halt. After convincing her mom to let her stay with her strange Aunt Blue, Frances's mother and younger brother Everett leave for the next eight weeks. When Frances starts getting letters from her brother that sound strange, she wonders if the retreat is really a cult. Determined to help Everett and her mother, Frances must come up with a plan. The only problem is Everett is missing and no one knows where he has gone. Can Frances find him, or will she be too late?

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Middle School, Crowley, TX

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