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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
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SUBJECTS:
Brothers -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.
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