Box Girl

by Sarah Withrow

Book Overview

Gwen Bainbridge's mother ran away five years ago. Now Gwen is receiving postcards from her that promise a reunion -- postcards with French stamps and no return address. Every night, Gwen pulls the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888994362
• ISBN13: 9780888994363
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Don't Judge this Book by its Cover

I had Box Girl from the library for two weeks before starting to read. The cover was a huge turnoff, feeling childish and unimaginative. When I at last started I couldn't put it down, finishing in two nights. Gwen and the kids in her life are interesting and complex. Every night she builds a box of postcards her 5 year absent mother has sent her, chanting a spell to get her to where her mother is. All the time pushing her father, his partner, and everyone else who tries to get close away, waiting for the day she gets the call. . . .