Leal, Ann Haywood.

Also known as Harper / Ann Haywood Leal. - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt, 2009. - 246 p. ; 22 cm.

Writing poetry helps fifth-grader Harper Lee Morgan cope with her father's absence, being evicted, and having to skip school to care for her brother while their mother works, and things look even brighter after she befriends a mute girl and a kindly disabled woman.

ISBN: 9780805088816 (hc : alk. paper) 0805088814 (hc : alk. paper) 9780545243896 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2008036940

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Single-parent families--Fiction.
Family problems--Fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Fiction.
Poets--Fiction.
Selective mutism--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.L46327 / Als 2009

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]