Byars, Betsy

Carlie, Thomas & Harvey are foster kids who are convinced they are pinballs, bounced from place to place. This upbeat story of children disappointed by their parents is often funny and always poignant.

In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amie McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father continues to provide for his needs.

When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone.

When Dorothy gets the part of Tarzan in the class play, her tremendous yell attracts the attention of increasing larger and wilder animals.

Esta magnifica obra, de excelente y sugestivo estilo literario, construido con gran sentido del humor, permitira a cualquier joven lector identifcarse con las situaciones, universales de Carlie, Harvey y Thomas J.