With a Hammer for My Heart

With a Hammer for My Heart is the story of Lawanda, a precocious, poverty-stricken fifteen-year-old girl from Cardin, Kentucky, who dreams of attending college. When Lawanda's friendship with an alcoholic World War II veteran named Garland is misinterpreted by their fellow townspeople, a tragedy calls her future into question.

Author: George Ella Lyon
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 03/30/2007
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.58w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780813191751

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 18848 / With a Hammer for My Heart

About the Author

George Ella Lyon is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults. She is the recipient of the Publishers Weekly Book of the Year Award for Who Came Down That Road? and the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year Award for Catalpa.

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