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MAILBOX: A Scattershot Novel of Racing, Dares and Danger, Occasional Nakedness, and Faith

Author(s): Nancy Freund

Location(s): California, Kansas City, New York City (NYC)

Genre(s): Young Adult

Era(s): 1970s

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The Drue family moves from New York to Small Town, USA in the ’70s, and they may never fully fit in. Thirteen-year-old Sandy’s parents encourage her curiosity, her imagination, and her challenge of social conventions – but not without cost. Sandy and her brother are learning about horses, cows, swimming pools, and guns. An artist and intellectual, their mother feels like she’s hosting foreign exchange students who never leave. Sandy loves the idea of this — both hosting and traveling the world. As a start, she begins writing letters to distant friends and to the universe, seeking answers to the biggest questions of all.

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Essentially a coming of age novel that takes you to the heart of America

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