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- catalog abstract ""On the surface, Brandon Willard seems like your average eight-year-old boy. He loves his mama, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and G. I. Joe. But Brandon's life is anything but typical." "Wise beyond his years, Brandon understands he's the only one in this world he can count on. It's an outlook that serves him well the day his mama leaves him behind at the Raleigh bus station and sets off to Canada with "her destiny" - the latest man that she hopes will bring her happiness. The day his. mother leaves, Brandon takes the first step toward shaping his own destiny. Soon he finds himself spending pleasant days playing with his cousins on his grandparents' farm and trying to forget the past. In the safety of that place, Brandon finally is able to trust the love of an adult to help iron out the wiry places until his nerves are as steady as any other boy's. But when Sophie Willard shows up a year later with a determined look in her eye and a new man in tow, Brandon's grandparents ignore a judge's ruling and flee the state with Brandon. Creating a new life and identity in a small Florida town, Brandon meets the people who will fill him with self-worth and self-respect. He slowly becomes involved with "God's Hospital," a church run by the gregarious Sister Delores, a woman who is committed to a life of service for all members of the community, b. lack and white, regardless of some townsfolk's disapproval. When violence threatens to rip the town apart, Brandon and his grandparents are put in a perilous situation that will forever change the course of their lives."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12922206.
- catalog coverage "Florida Fiction.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""On the surface, Brandon Willard seems like your average eight-year-old boy. He loves his mama, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and G. I. Joe. But Brandon's life is anything but typical." "Wise beyond his years, Brandon understands he's the only one in this world he can count on. It's an outlook that serves him well the day his mama leaves him behind at the Raleigh bus station and sets off to Canada with "her destiny" - the latest man that she hopes will bring her happiness. The day his.".
- catalog description "But when Sophie Willard shows up a year later with a determined look in her eye and a new man in tow, Brandon's grandparents ignore a judge's ruling and flee the state with Brandon. Creating a new life and identity in a small Florida town, Brandon meets the people who will fill him with self-worth and self-respect. He slowly becomes involved with "God's Hospital," a church run by the gregarious Sister Delores, a woman who is committed to a life of service for all members of the community, b.".
- catalog description "lack and white, regardless of some townsfolk's disapproval. When violence threatens to rip the town apart, Brandon and his grandparents are put in a perilous situation that will forever change the course of their lives."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "mother leaves, Brandon takes the first step toward shaping his own destiny. Soon he finds himself spending pleasant days playing with his cousins on his grandparents' farm and trying to forget the past. In the safety of that place, Brandon finally is able to trust the love of an adult to help iron out the wiry places until his nerves are as steady as any other boy's.".
- catalog extent "280 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0060568984".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[San Francisco, Calif.] : HarperSanFrancisco,".
- catalog spatial "Florida Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.6 21".
- catalog subject "Abandoned children Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Boys Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Community life Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Custody of children Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Family problems Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Grandparent and child Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Identity (Psychology) in children Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3613.O775 S57 2003".
- catalog title "Slow way home : a novel / Michael Morris.".
- catalog type "Bildungsromans. gsafd".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".