Sweet whispers, Brother Rush /
Virginia Hamilton.
- New York : Philomel Books, c1982.
- 215 p ; 22 cm.
Newbery Medal/Honor. Wilson's Junior High School. Wilson's Senior High School. Book Links (A.L.A.), May 1997. Booklist, February 2001. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 1999. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), October 1999. Teacher Librarian, October 1999. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 1999. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2001. Wilson's Senior High School, November 2002.
Fourteen-year-old Tree, resentful of her working mother who leaves her in charge of a retarded brother, encounters the ghost of her dead uncle and comes to a deeper understanding of her family's problems.