Rabble Starkey
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Rabble Starkey is a novel by Lois Lowry
. It won the 1987 Josette Frank Award
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In the novel, 12-year-old Rabble Starkey's mother is hired by Mrs. Bigelow to look after her children while she's in the hospital
. Living in a huge house, Starkey feels she's finally found a home, but soon she and her mother must question what's really best for them.
Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry is an American author of children's literature. She began her career as a photographer and a freelance journalist during the early 1970s...
. It won the 1987 Josette Frank Award
Josette Frank Award
The Josette Frank Award is an annual children's literary award for fiction that honors a book or books of "outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally".Known as the Children's...
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In the novel, 12-year-old Rabble Starkey's mother is hired by Mrs. Bigelow to look after her children while she's in the hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
. Living in a huge house, Starkey feels she's finally found a home, but soon she and her mother must question what's really best for them.
External links
- Description of the novel from Lois Lowry's website