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Informationen zum Autor Willo Davis Roberts wrote many mystery and suspense novels for children during her long and illustrious career, including The Girl with the Silver Eyes , The View from the Cherry Tree , Twisted Summer , Megan’s Island , Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job , Hostage , Scared Stiff , The Kidnappers , and Caught! Three of her children’s books won Edgar Awards, while others received great reviews and other accolades, including the Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award, the California Young Reader’s Medal, and the Georgia Children’s Book Award. Klappentext That's all Buddy wants -- a normal family. But with her mother dead, her father missing, and her brother on the road searching for him, Buddy has a hard time believing it will ever happen. Instead she's living with relatives she hardly knows who resent her for reasons she can't figure out. They think everything about her is strange, especially her name.Buddy can't give up hope -- that her father is out there, somewhere, and that her brother will find him so they can be a family again. But until then can Buddy find some way to accept her new life? Or will she always feel different? Zusammenfassung That's all Buddy wants -- a normal family. But with her mother dead! her father missing! and her brother on the road searching for him! Buddy has a hard time believing it will ever happen. Instead she's living with relatives she hardly knows who resent her for reasons she can't figure out. They think everything about her is strange! especially her name. Buddy can't give up hope -- that her father is out there! somewhere! and that her brother will find him so they can be a family again. But until then can Buddy find some way to accept her new life? Or will she always feel different?
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Willo Davis Roberts wrote many mystery and suspense novels for children during her long and illustrious career, including
The Girl with the Silver Eyes,
The View from the Cherry Tree,
Twisted Summer,
Megan’s Island,
Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job,
Hostage,
Scared Stiff,
The Kidnappers, and
Caught! Three of her children’s books won Edgar Awards, while others received great reviews and other accolades, including the Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award, the California Young Reader’s Medal, and the Georgia Children’s Book Award.
