Crossing the Tracks (Hardcover)

from quirkylibrarian

My only complaint is that it should have been longer to more fully develop the quirky Olive, the menacing Cecil and the artist with whom we can only assume the Doctor was in love. Such a way with words has Barbara Stuber: she knows how to gently turn a phrase into a succinct and beautiful comment...

from CarolineBraden

Crossing the Tracks is a heartwarming book that combines humor with tragedy to tell the story of Iris - a fifteen-year-old girl sent away by her father to serve as a housekeeper for an elderly woman in rural Missouri, while her father focuses upon his business and fiancée in Kansas City. Although...

from abbylibrarian

Good characters, but too subtle for my taste.

from nbmars

For those of you who, like me, love the character of Mattie in A Northern Light and Anne ("with an e") of Anne of Green Gables, I think you will also love fifteen-year-old Iris in this lovely coming-of-age story set in 1926 Missouri. Iris Baldwin's mother died when she was 5. She barely remembers...

from nbmars

For those of you who, like me, love the character of Mattie in A Northern Light and Anne ("with an e") of Anne of Green Gables, I think you will also love fifteen-year-old Iris in this lovely coming-of-age story set in 1926 Missouri. Iris Baldwin's mother died when she was 5. She barely remembers...