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Baby Blue by Kwasney, Michelle D., 1960- is a ya fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Baby Blue about?

202 pages ; 22 cm In western Massachusetts in 1976, still grieving and guilt-ridden over her father's drowning, twelve-year-old Blue is dealt another blow when her older sister, Star, runs away to escape their stepfather's violence against their mother. We sat at the kitchen table, across from each other. In the same spots we sat for dinner up till a month ago. The shadows on the table looked like prison bars again. This time it was Star being caged. Star, who thought leaving made her free. That life would be all hunky-dory shampooing heads and sweeping floors while Mama got slapped around-far enough away so she wouldn't have to hear the screams. That's when I knew for sure-I couldn't leave Mama. And Star couldn't make me any more than I could make her stay. A painfully beautiful novel that exposes the haunting world of spousal abuse Blue's family is coming apart at the seams. After Pa drowned in the river, Mama up and married Jinx, whom Blue and Star know is big trouble. And now Star has run away, leaving Blue behind. It was hard enough to watch Mama get knocked around when Jinx was in one of his "moods," but now, with Star gone, Jinx has spun out of control. It's up to Blue to fi

Who reads Baby Blue?

Author

Kwasney, Michelle D., 1960-

Publisher

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805070507

Category

ya fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating

4.11 / 5 (73 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14