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The Resource The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane, Kate O'Shaughnessy

The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane, Kate O'Shaughnessy

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Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn't collect herself: an old recording of her daddy's warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone's voicemail. It's the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him. Until the day she hears that laugh--his laugh--pouring out of the car radio. Going against Momma's wishes, Maybelle starts listening to her radio DJ daddy's new show, drinking in every word like a plant leaning toward the sun. When he announces he'll be the judge of a singing contest in Nashville, she signs up. What better way to meet than to stand before and sing with all her heart? But the road to Nashville is bumpy. Her starch-stiff neighbor Mrs. Boggs offers to drive her in her RV. And a bully of a boy from the trailer park hitches a ride, too. These are not the people May would have chosen to help her, but it turns out they're searching for things as well. And the journey will mold them into the best kind of family--the kind you choose for yourself
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
282 pages
Isbn
9781984893833
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Label
The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane
Title
The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane
Statement of responsibility
Kate O'Shaughnessy
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Eleven-year-old Maybelle Lane collects sounds. She records the Louisiana crickets chirping, Momma strumming her guitar, their broken trailer door squeaking. But the crown jewel of her collection is a sound she didn't collect herself: an old recording of her daddy's warm-sunshine laugh, saved on an old phone's voicemail. It's the only thing she has of his, and the only thing she knows about him. Until the day she hears that laugh--his laugh--pouring out of the car radio. Going against Momma's wishes, Maybelle starts listening to her radio DJ daddy's new show, drinking in every word like a plant leaning toward the sun. When he announces he'll be the judge of a singing contest in Nashville, she signs up. What better way to meet than to stand before and sing with all her heart? But the road to Nashville is bumpy. Her starch-stiff neighbor Mrs. Boggs offers to drive her in her RV. And a bully of a boy from the trailer park hitches a ride, too. These are not the people May would have chosen to help her, but it turns out they're searching for things as well. And the journey will mold them into the best kind of family--the kind you choose for yourself
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PABRO
Citation location within source
  • February 03, 2020
  • January 15, 2020
  • February 01, 2020
Citation source
  • Publishers Weekly
  • Kirkus Reviews
  • School Library Journal
  • Kirkus Starred Reviews
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1976-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
O'Shaughnessy, Kate
Dewey number
[Fic]
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • 8-12
  • 3-7
Intended audience source
  • Brodart
  • Brodart
LC call number
PZ7.1.O7438
LC item number
Lon 2020
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Contests
  • Singing
  • Loneliness
  • Travel
  • Courage
  • Friendship
  • Families
  • Absentee fathers
  • Bullying
  • Automobile travel
  • Anxiety
  • Gay parents
Target audience
pre adolescent
Label
The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane, Kate O'Shaughnessy
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Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
BRDBD20037234
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
282 pages
Isbn
9781984893833
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1134527365
Label
The lonely heart of Maybelle Lane, Kate O'Shaughnessy
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
BRDBD20037234
Dimensions
22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
282 pages
Isbn
9781984893833
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1134527365

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