| River, Cross My Heart Contributor(s): Clarke, Breena (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316899984 ISBN-13: 9780316899987 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | African American - Historical - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99012672 |
| Series: Oprah's Book Club |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.36" (0.52 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 34772 Reading Level: 6.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The acclaimed bestseller -- a selection of Oprah's Book Club -- that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, and a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death. When five-year-old Clara Bynum drowns in the Potomac River under a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters, the community must reconcile themselves to the bitter tragedy. Clarke powerful charts the fallout from Clara's death on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, ten-year-old Johnnie Mae, who is thrust into adolescence and must come to terms with the terrible and confused emotions stirred by her sister's death. This highly accomplished debut novel reverberates with ideas, impassioned lyricism, and poignant historical detail as it captures an essential and moving portrait of the Washington, DC community. |