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by Jean Thesman

ISBN: 0395809789
ISBN13: 978-0395809785
Language: English
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; 1st Edition edition (September 29, 1997)
Pages: 180
Category: Literature and Fiction
Subategory: Young Adult

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The Storyteller's Daughter book. Jean Thesman is a popular and award-winning novelist for young adults whose predominant theme is the heroine finding her place in the world by coming to understand her family. I loved telling the story, because I really believed that families were made up of the people you wanted, not the people you were stuck with. Books by Jean Thesman.

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The Storyteller's Daughter Hardcover – September 29, 1997. by. Jean Thesman (Author). As the summer goes on, Quinn finds her affection growing for her elderly neighbors' nephew and, as she learns of the lengths to which her father has gone to help support them, develops a more complex, less black-and-white outlook regarding Beau John's business.

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Quinn Wagner's fifteenth summer starts off well. She has a part-time job and a crush on a young neighbor

Quinn Wagner's fifteenth summer starts off well. She has a part-time job and a crush on a young neighbor. Only one thing makes Quinn feel uneasy this summer of 1933.

In 25 years, I wrote 40 books. 1997 The Storyteller's Daughter. Most of them came out under my own name, but a few were published under the name . Jean Thesman died January 21, 2016 at age 86 after a short illness.

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Written by. Jean Thesman. Manufacturer: Puffin Release date: 1 April 1999 ISBN-10 : 014130314X ISBN-13: 9780141303147. 1997) A novel by Jean Thesman. Now Quinn fears that her father himself may be in trouble. Quinn Wagner's fifteenth summer starts off well. She overhears a stranger angrily threaten him, and the next weekend Beau John does not return home.

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Quinn Wagner's fifteenth summer starts off well. She has a part-time job and a crush on a young neighbor. Only one thing makes Quinn feel uneasy this summer of 1933. Her father, Beau John, has lost his job. He is working far up the coast from their Seattle home and can only come home on weekends. Beau John is greatly missed, as he is the hero of the neighborhood, everyone's favorite storyteller, and the man to whom folks always turn when they're in trouble. Now Quinn fears that her father himself may be in trouble. She overhears a stranger angrily threaten him, and the next weekend Beau John does not return home. If he is in danger, what can she do to help? Before the story ends, Quinn must confront some surprising facts about her father - and about herself.

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Gom

In her inimitable style, Jean Thesman pens a book about the trials of life as a teenage girl during Prohibition. She captures the feeling of the era so wondrously that you feel as if you are 15-year old Quinn. Her father, Beau John, is endeared by the whole neighborhood for his easygoing and generous personality. Once a bookkeeper, he is forced to work long hours as a dock laborer in another city, and come home only on weekends. As Quinn learns of the suspicious circumstances surrounding his failure to come home from work one weekend, she learns that nobody's perfect, and that the fine line between good and evil can blur around the edges. In this sterling example of an adolescent's initiation into adulthood, you see that even the most deceptively simple ideas are full of complexities, and that we must be brave enough to face them.

Tansino

What a gorgeous book this is; well written, with realistic characters and fabulous wit and humour...it's hard to believe this book is so hard to get hold of thesedays, especially when lesser books are so freely available. Publishers, eh? Go figure...

Although set in the days of Prohibition and the Great Depression, when no one had much money, and jobs were very hard to come by (very dark days indeed!) this is nonetheless one of the most joyful and uplifting tales I've ever read, a true case of finding a silver lining even on the darkest of clouds. Quinn is a truly inspiring heroine, and her family and friends are amazing. In spite of the adverse conditions they face in their lives, they all make the best of it, and find their own fun...their sense of humour is never diminished. There's good people and bad in Quinn's neighbourhood, but they love and care for each other, and when someone is in trouble, everyone else helps out. I only wish society was still this neighbourly today! Todays kids and teens really should read this, so they will know just what life was like back in grandma and prandpa's day.

I doubt my review does justice to the utter fabulousness of this book, or the complexities and nuances of its characters, or the utter realism of it's setting, but trust me...if you can find a copy of this book, buy it, you won't regret it! It will open a window to a time long ago, a poignant phase in American history that should never be forgotten, and thanks to this book, hopefully never will be.