Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002.

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.

5.3 Follett Library Book Co. 5.3 Follett Library Resources. 5-8. 5-8 Follett Library Resources.

Coretta Scott King Award, 1983. Newbery Medal/Honor, 1983.

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African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Ghosts--Fiction.
Single-parent families--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Ghost stories.
Single-parent families--Fiction.


Ghost stories.

PZ7.H1828 / Sw 1982

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