In the Country of Queens

by Cari Best

Book Overview

An Amazon Best Book of the Month

Eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns lives with her domineering mother, Hurricane Anna, and loving Grandmother. One day she unexpectedly discovers that her beloved father isn't in Absentia as her family would have her believe, but dead. And she understands all too well why they haven't told her; she's always been shy and quiet, and Anna has always been protective of her. But if Shirley doesn't start...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374370524
• ISBN13: 9780374370527
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7