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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rosengren, Gayle.
What the moon said / Gayle Rosengren.
pages cm
Summary: When Esther’s family moves to a farm during the Great Depression, she soon learns that there are things much more important than that her superstitious mother rarely shows her any affection.
[1. Farm life—Wisconsin—Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Superstition—Fiction. 4. Family life—Wisconsin—Fiction. 5. Depressions—1929—Fiction. 6. Wisconsin—History—20th century—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.R719268Wh 2014
[Fic]—dc23
2013003442
ISBN 978-0-698-14963-2