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This new trilogy will capture the hearts of readers who adore Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle series. Callie LeRoux lives in Slow Run, Kansas, helping her mother run their small hotel and trying not to think about the father she's never met. Lately all of her energy is spent battling the constant... read more

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  • Calliope (Callie) LeRoux/McGinty/deMinuit: Protagonist of story. Half black/half white. Runs with the Imperial Hotel with her mother. Never knew her father. Knew how to play the piano without ever touching one before. Strange things happen when she plays or sings. Leaves home to rescue her mother.
  • Margaret McGinty aka Mama: Callie's mother. Convinced that Callie's father is going to come back for her. Kidnapped in the beginning
  • Jacob Holland aka Jack: A hobo boy who accompanies Callie on her journey in return for permission to write about their adventure. Wants to get to California to become a journalist. Has a little sister named Hannah
  • Shiraz aka Shimmy: A fairy. Helps Callie, but wants to take her to the fey king and queen
  • Lorcan deMinuit aka Shake: A fairy; son of the fey king and queen.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Once upon a time, I was a girl called Callie.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. In a Month Called April, a County Called Gray
2. I Got the Dust Pneumonia in My Lungs
3. She Blowed Away
4. It Dusted Us Over, and It Covered Us Under
5. Got the Do-Re-Mi
6. Layin' in That Hard Rock Jail
7. All the Hungry Little Children
8. No Home in This World Anymore
9. Dust Bowl Refugees
10. Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad
11. I Seen My People
12. They May Beg You to Go with Them
13. What Is a Vigilante Man?
14. Get Away
15. Looking for a Woman That's Hard to Find
16. Come and Drag Me Away
17. Rattled Down That Road
18. Gone and Left Me
19. Whirlwinds in the Desert
20. Shot
21. Ain't Gonna Be Treated This a-Way
22. Bound for Glory
23. Gotta Dance a Little Longer
24. Gonna Bring This Proud House Down
25. The Little Black Train's a-Comin'
26. Kind Friends, This May Be the End

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 1 in The American Fairy Trilogy. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Sarah Zettel (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 26,2012
ISBN: 0375869387
Page Count: 304 pages

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