Whistler's Hollow

by Debbie Dadey

Lillie Mae's mama has just died, and with her father not back from the Great War that ended over a year before, Lillie is shipped by her mean Aunt Helen off to relatives she has never met. Although... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582347891
• ISBN13: 9781582347899
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

It put a smile on her face

I ordered this book for my 10 year old grandaughter after being unsuccessful purchasing it locally. The author visited her school recently and she was eager to have the book, She loves to read and I love to take her book shopping. Having met the author, this book will have a special place in her bookcase.

Hollow doesn't Hit `em over the Head with History

This gentle little book doesn't hit the reluctant young historian over the head with history lessons, they just come naturally with the flow of the tale. Young Lillie Mae Worth's Daddy went Over There in World War I and never came back. Her Mother, forced to work in a factory during his absence, is killed in an industrial accident, leaving Lillie Mae with a witch of a maternal aunt, (my mind's eye conjures up this woman as Clara's nanny in the Shirley Temple movie *Heidi*) who quickly appropriates what small estate there is and railroads Lillie Mae off to live in rural western Kentucky with paternal Great Aunt Esther and Great Uncle Dallas. Here Lillie Mae and her readers encounter country school, moonshine and revenuers, and learn life lessons that sometimes "good" and "bad" are not what they initially appear.