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Carley's Song
(2001)(The second book in the Job's Corner Chronicles series)
A novel by Patricia Sprinkle
In this exciting sequel to The Remember Box, a young girl uncovers more and more secrets in every corner of her town
Readers of The Remember Box fell in love with the Southern warmth and drama of life in Job's Corner. Now, in Carley's Song, the second of the Job's Corner Chronicles, young Carley Marshall is back and trying to understand grownups and love in a world swept into the confusion of the Korean War.
In the fall of 1950 when Carley is 12, three natives return to Job's Corner after long absences. Clay Lamont, fresh from the Air Force, breaks Carley's heart in her first crush. Maddie Raeburn, beautiful enough to be a movie star, causes quite a stir when she announces she is now divorced and plans to teach seventh grade. And Jerry Donaldson returns to become the school principal, igniting an old grudge in Maddie Raeburn.
Meanwhile, Carley stumbles her way into one secret after another and even comes across an old skull. She begins to wonder what other secrets are hiding in Job's Corner. Will her friends ever find true love? And will she ever come to understand the secretive and often conflicting world of grownups?
Genre: Inspirational
Readers of The Remember Box fell in love with the Southern warmth and drama of life in Job's Corner. Now, in Carley's Song, the second of the Job's Corner Chronicles, young Carley Marshall is back and trying to understand grownups and love in a world swept into the confusion of the Korean War.
In the fall of 1950 when Carley is 12, three natives return to Job's Corner after long absences. Clay Lamont, fresh from the Air Force, breaks Carley's heart in her first crush. Maddie Raeburn, beautiful enough to be a movie star, causes quite a stir when she announces she is now divorced and plans to teach seventh grade. And Jerry Donaldson returns to become the school principal, igniting an old grudge in Maddie Raeburn.
Meanwhile, Carley stumbles her way into one secret after another and even comes across an old skull. She begins to wonder what other secrets are hiding in Job's Corner. Will her friends ever find true love? And will she ever come to understand the secretive and often conflicting world of grownups?
Genre: Inspirational
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