Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
OMG! I loved this book! Little nine-year-old Starla won my heart. She’s compassionate and witty, and delivers a narration that snaps, crackles, and pops. In 1963 Starla decides to run away from home to find her mother in Nashville and avoid being sent to a reform school. On the road, a kind black woman, who has a white baby in her truck, pulls over to offer Starla a lift. That’s the beginning of a hair-raising, life-changing adventure where they bond and save each other. I couldn’t put this book down. One of the blurbs on the cover calls the book “wise, funny, tender…destined to become a classic.” I wholeheartedly agree. Starla is as spirited and memorable as Anne of Green Gables, Pippi Longstocking, or Addie Pray of “Paper Moon.” And oh, how I loved Eula, too—such a loving and gentle soul. Both of them snuggled in my heart.💛🧡 Here are some of the snappy quotes from Starla: “I went back to working on the window, but the dang ...