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Crist-Evans, Craig.
AMARYLLIS
Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003.
IL YA
ISBN 0763618632
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Jimmy is trying to sort out the familial relationships in his life.His Dad, when drinking, which seems to be always, is mean, angry and dictatorial.His mom avoids life, concentrating on her ‘moon tan.’Frank, his much admired, older brother, reveals through his letters that he is losing his soul in the jungles of Vietnam.And Jimmy?? He just wants to know who he is.  Black-eyed Susan Award nominee 2005-2006
SUBJECTS:     Brothers -- Fiction.
                        Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
                        Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
                        Florida -- Fiction.

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