A HOLE IN THE WORLD
Sid Hite, . . Scholastic, $16.95 (204pp) ISBN 978-0-439-09830-4
As punishment for telling a lie, 15-year-old Paul Shackleford has been "condemned to a summer of indentured servitude"—his parents send him to work on a farm owned by distant relatives. Although the city boy believes that his parents are overreacting, he is surprised at how quickly he grows fond of the enigmatic people he meets at the Vallenport farm. Less folksy and fantastical than some of Hite's previous works (
Reviewed on: 11/12/2001
Genre: Children's
Paperback - 204 pages - 978-0-439-09831-1
Prebound-Other - 204 pages - 978-0-606-29931-2
Prebound-Sewn - 208 pages - 978-1-4176-2333-4