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Why had he come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? What was the purpose of their strange, haunting journeys back into her own childhood? Was it to help Dab, her retarded older brother, wracked with mysterious pain who sometimes took more care and love than Tree had to give? ... read more
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Characters edit
- Brother Rush: He is Tree's ghost brother
- Tree: Tree is telling her story and her feelings
- Don: Add a description of this character.
- Binnie
- Dabney
- Ken
- Teresa
- Warren Miller
- Willie
- Lee
- Mrs. Pratt
First Sentence edit
The first time Teresa saw Brother was the way she would think of him ever after.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Virginia Hamilton (Author)
Awards edit
- Newbery Honor Book (1983)
- Coretta Scott King Book Award (1983: Author, Winner)
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