Toby Lived Here

by Hilma Wolitzer

Book Overview

Toby's hope that she, her mother, and sister would be reunited on her thirteenth birthday, at the latest is not met and she enters her teens in a foster home. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374376255
• ISBN13: 9780374376253
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

A sensitive, multi-dimensional portrait of a young girl.

This was one of my favorite books as a child. I recently re-read it, and--unlike other favorite books I have revisited--I found it still fresh, engaging, and very touching. The lead character goes through some tough times with family members, and the observations ring true. The author is extremely adept at bringing you into Toby's world without any trace of moralizing or false sentimentality. Highly recommended. Parents can read it too and enjoy it, and then talk about it with children.