What Comes After
of Steve Watkins
Description
A gripping portrait of a teenâs struggles through grief and abuse - and the miraculous power of animals to heal us.After her veterinarian dad dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. Iris, a vegetarian and animal lover, immediately clashes with Aunt Sue, who mistreats the livestock, spends Irisâs small inheritance, and thinks nothing of striking Iris for the smallest offense. Things come to a head when Iris sets two young goats free to save them from slaughter, and an enraged Aunt Sue orders her brutish son, Book, to beat Iris senseless - a horrific act that lands Book and his mother in jail. Sent to live with an offbeat foster family and their "dooking" ferrets, Iris must find a way to take care of the animals back at the farm, even if it means confronting Aunt Sue. Powerful and deeply moving, this compelling novel affirms the redemptive power of animals and the resilience of the human spirit.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 334 pages
- Publisher Candlewick Press
- Publication Date April 12th 2011
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780763642501
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['North Carolina (United States)']
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