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The Joshua Tree.


The Joshua Tree by L. Steven Rencher Frayer & Williams Publishing, May 2005 $18.95, ISBN ISBN
abbr.
International Standard Book Number


ISBN International Standard Book Number

ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
 1-413-74183-5

The Joshua Tree reads like an epic. Set ha the Bronx, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, in 1972, it's the story of two teenagers, Joshua Peeler and Sarah Edwards, both 16.

Rencher writes an urban tale about relationships in a sincere manner that captures the voice of youth, happiness and angst. Everything about the story seems tangible and fresh. Joshua and Sarah were meant to meet, but events provoke and test them. Although I believe The Joshua Tree to be a spiritual novel about fate, it is a captivating cap·ti·vate  
tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates
1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm.

2. Archaic To capture.
 read.

Antoinette Dykes is the food and living editor for The Harlem Times in New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
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Publication:Black Issues Book Review
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Date:Nov 1, 2005
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