Shayla's Double Brown Baby Blues.Lori Aurelia Williams. 2001. Read by Heather Alicia Simms. Listening Lib., Random House Audio. 0-8072-0581-8. $46.00. Vinyl binder binder: see combine. An earlier Microsoft Office workbook file that let users combine related documents from different Office applications. The documents could be viewed, saved, opened, e-mailed and printed as a group. ; author, reader, plot notes. JS Thirteen-year-old Shayla longs for a relationship with her absentee One who has left, either temporarily or permanently, his or her domicile or usual place of residence or business. A person beyond the geographical borders of a state who has not authorized an agent to represent him or her in legal proceedings that may be commenced against him or her father in this sequel to Williams' first novel, When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune. Matters don't improve when he has yet another child, who is born on Shayla's birthday with eyes just like hers. It seems this baby, named Gift, will take Shayla's place, but it's a place she never really had. Eventually Shayla realizes that her life hasn't been as hard as the lives of her best friends Kambia and Lem. Heather Alicia Simms recorded Williams' first book and seems right at home with this follow-up. Her voice is mellow mel·low adj. mel·low·er, mel·low·est 1. a. Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit. b. and her speech patterns authentic for all the characters. The novel is long but Simms is consistent and the listening is easy. Bette D. Ammon Ammon, in the Bible Ammon (ăm`ən), in the Bible, people living E of the Dead Sea. Their capital was Rabbath-Ammon, the present-day Amman (Jordan). Their god was Milcom, to whom Solomon built an altar. , Director, Missoula PL., Missoula, MT |
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