![]() ![]() Evvy's strong, emphatic narration gives voice to her resentment, isolation, and determination. Evvy bonds with a new roommate and a warm nurse, but the beginning of war in Europe and the constant deaths in the institution keep the patients under a dark cloud. Nonetheless, the girls find strength in each other and discover creative ways to bring cheer. "Trying to stay alive at Loon Lake felt like it was killing me already," says Evvy. The cold nurses, strict rules, mind-numbing routines, and endless bed rest are dispiriting for Evvy and her roommates: kind Beverly, glamorous Pearl, and defensive Dena. Thirteen-year-old Evvy Hoffmeister has tuberculosis and feels abandoned by her family when she's sent to the sanitarium to be cured. Set in 1940 at a sanitarium in Loon Lake, Minn., this first novel from picture-book author Hayles (Bunion Burt) is an evocative piece of historical fiction. ![]()
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