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River, Cross My Heart
River, Cross My Heart
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The acclaimed bestseller -- a selection of Oprah's Book Club -- that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death.
When five-year-old Clara Bynum drowns in the Potomac River under a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters, the community must reconcile themselves to the bitter tragedy.
Clarke powerful charts the fallout from Clara's death on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, ten-year-old Johnnie Mae, who is thrust into adolescence and must come to terms with the terrible and confused emotions stirred by her sister's death.
This highly accomplished debut novel reverberates with ideas, impassioned lyricism, and poignant historical detail as it captures an essential and moving portrait of the Washington, DC community.
Author: Breena Clarke
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 10/01/1999
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.50w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780316899987
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 34772 / River, Cross My Heart
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1096
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1448
Ebony 07/01/2000 pg. 16
When five-year-old Clara Bynum drowns in the Potomac River under a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters, the community must reconcile themselves to the bitter tragedy.
Clarke powerful charts the fallout from Clara's death on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, ten-year-old Johnnie Mae, who is thrust into adolescence and must come to terms with the terrible and confused emotions stirred by her sister's death.
This highly accomplished debut novel reverberates with ideas, impassioned lyricism, and poignant historical detail as it captures an essential and moving portrait of the Washington, DC community.
Author: Breena Clarke
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 10/01/1999
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.50w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780316899987
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.5
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 34772 / River, Cross My Heart
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1096
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1448
Ebony 07/01/2000 pg. 16
About the Author
Breena Clarke grew up in Washington, DC, and was educated at Webster College and Howard University. She is the author of two widely praised novels, River, Cross My Heart, which was a selection of Oprah's Book Club, and Stand the Storm. She lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
