Barefoot.Barefoot bare·foot also bare·foot·ed adv. & adj. With nothing on the feet: walking barefoot in the grass; a barefoot boy. Lizann Bassham Booksurge 5341 Dorchester Dorchester, town, England Dorchester (dôr`chĭstər), town (1991 pop. 13,734), county seat of Dorset, S central England. Dorchester is a busy agricultural market, especially for sheep and lambs. Road, Suite 16, Charleston Charleston, cities, United States Charleston. 1 City (1990 pop. 20,398), seat of Coles co., E Ill.; inc. 1835. Charleston is an industrial, rail, and trade center located in an agricultural area; shoes are also made. Eastern Illinois Univ. , SC 29418 561 Teresa Court, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (author) 9781419652745, $14.99 www.frontporchspirit.com Playwright and musician For the popular-music magazine, see . “Instrumentalist” redirects here. For followers of the philosophy, see instrumentalism. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. Lizann Bassham presents Barefoot, a novel for all ages about a young girl, only seven years old in 1963 when her mother dies in a freak accident and her father sends her to be raised by her grandmother in a backwoods, mountain community of northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern . A coming-of-age novel of family secrets, surviving in hard times, and the young protagonist's search for the answer to her question: "Is it possible to do something really terrible and not get abandoned by your family?" Gradually, she learns that abandonment has happened to other family and friends she knows and trusts. Ultimately a novel of building spirit, hope, and character in a supportive community, Barefoot is particularly ideal for young adult reading lists, junior high and high school libraries, and classroom study, concluding with thirteen questions for discussion such as "Several characters exhibit different kinds of prejudice, what are they? There are also incidences of acceptance and tolerance, what are they?" |
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