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02306aam a22003975i 4500 001 A7CC8EF0E02711E98EBD524297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190926010610 008 190607s2019 xx d 000 0 eng d 020 $a 164358328X : LIB 020 $a 9781643583280 : LIB 040 $e rda $d SILO 050 $a PS 082 $a 813 100 $a Dietrich, Sean 245 00 $a Stars of Alabama / Sean Dietrich. 264 1 $a Thorndike, Maine $b Center Point Large Print $c 2019. 300 $a 516 p. ; $c 22 cm. $e Discussion questions 520 $a When fifteen-year-old Marigold becomes pregnant amid the Great Depression, she is rejected by her family and forced to fend for herself. And when she loses her baby in the forest, her whole world turns upside down. Shes even more distraught upon discovering she has an inexplicable power that makes her both beautiful and terrifyingand something of a local legend. 520 $a Meanwhile, migrant workers Vern and Paul discover a violet-eyed baby and take it upon themselves to care for her. The men soon pair up with a widow and her two children, and the misfit family finds its way in fits and starts toward taking care of each other. 520 $a As survival brings one family together, a young boy finds himself with nary a friend to his name as the dust storms rage across Kansas. Fourteen-year-old Coot, a child preacher with a prodigys memory, is on the run with thousands of stolen dollarsand the only thing hes sure of is that Mobile, Alabama, is his destination. 520 $a As the years pass and a world war looms, these stories intertwine in surprising ways, reminding us that when the dust clears, we can still see the stars. 650 $a Family relationships $x Historical Fiction 600 $a Marigold and Coot $x Fiction. 651 $a Kansas-dust bowl $x Fiction. 655 $a Enduring hope and humanity $x Fiction. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409041325.0 952 $l LEPI975 $d 20231006012527.0 952 $l TKPE492 $d 20211118021739.0 952 $l TSPC862 $d 20200507011054.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20191105010434.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20191002014117.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20190926101539.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A7CC8EF0E02711E98EBD524297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search