A Different World Dawn's spending the summer on her aunt and uncle's farm while her mother recovers from an operation. She and her friend Charlotte are having a great time: fishing, baseball, swimming, playing tricks on Charlotte's brothers, and making a secret clearing in the woods called Planet Kid. But Dawn is starting to understand that something's wrong in Charlotte's life -- that a terrible threat of violence is hidden in this hot country summer. Is there anything Dawn can do to make things right?
This book was really great- funny, gritty, and moving. The psychology of the characters is very real- when Charlotte's father's "manhood" is undermined, he takes out his anger on the only people he has power over- his own family. The children in this book are portrayed as wise, imaginative individuals.This book should be read by people of all ages.
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