Comfort Creek

by Joyce McDonald

Book Overview

Quinn and her family have seen better days. Mom has gone off to sing in a band, and Pa-Daddy is moving them out of their hometown and into the swampy back country. Worst of all, Quinn has lost her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044041198X
• ISBN13: 9780440411987
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Typical American Prolems Not Typically Addressed

Joyce McDonald addresses lots of tough, realistic, grown-up issues in this book. It's the sad flip-side of the American dream most people would rather ignore. The numerous problems of the Ellerbees would be almost impossible to accept, except that the story is grounded in the first-person main character. Somehow Quinn keeps her head and allows us to see the situation with some humor and hope.

An Interesting Life Expierience

Comfort Creek was a great book, teaching you how hard life can get. As a young teen, I couldn't stop reading this book. I felt something always kept me interested in the plot. It is sad in certain parts, but uplifting and curiously funny.