I got lazy.....I read this book like 2 weeks ago, and I never got around to writing anything. I also, in the meantime, tried to read several books and gave up on them. I've been a bad, bad reader!!!
Ok, this book, what I remember of it: Sally and Troo, ages 10 and 9, live in a cute little neighborhood in the 50s, and they are essentially orphans for the duration of the book: stepdad is a drunk all the time, mom goes in the hospital shortly after the book begins. The two of them basically take care of themselves, and I love the atmosphere of the neighborhood that makes this possible! They just show up at different neighbor's houses for dinner every night, sometimes even sleeping over. The neighborhood is full of kids, and most families just assume one of the kids invited the girls over, and everyone is so friendly and it's just so natural to have extra kids over that no one says anything! I just loved that! I loved the freedom these people allowed their children. It wasn't until a child murderer/rapist strikes for a SECOND time that they start to get a little weary. Sally is pretty sure she's going to be the third, so she spends the book trying to figure out who the bad guy is, and trying to protect herself and her sister. Even with the two murders, this is a pretty cute book. I just loved the differences between life then and life now, and I also loved all the 50s vernacular.
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