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Voigt, Cynthia
A SOLITARY BLUE
New York : Atheneum, 1983.
IL 5-8 RL 5.8
ISBN 0689310080
The book is in two parts. In part one, we find Jeff entering second grade, Melody abandoning him, the Professor in his own Ivory Tower. As Jeff gets older, he cuts himself off from school, doesn't socialize. Melody shows up after years of absence to invite Jeff back to Charleston. She stays around just long enough to win Jeff's heart.
SUBJECTS:     Divorce -- Fiction
                        Fathers and sons -- Fiction

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