Holding Up the Earthby Dianne Gray [j Gray]
Shifting the point of view as Dianne Gray does in Holding Up the Earth is not my favorite literary technique, yet she manages it pretty well. She actually switches between the voices of five different girls to bind together her story of fourteen-year-old Hope, a foster kid who has been shuffled from home to home since the death of her mom. Hope visits her new foster mom's Nebraska farm and through old letters, a diary, and stories, hears the voices of four girls her age who lived there in 1869, 1900, 1936, and 1960. Through their tales, readers are introduced to the life of pioneers and hired hands and of life during the dust bowl and later nuclear testing days. And through Hope's voice, readers learn about farming and small towns, but also something more. May we always have memories that shape us, but may we also always move forward to make new ones. -- review submitted by Allison H.-F. - a customer of the Bennett Martin Public Library
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