Strawberry Hill

Name: Strawberry Hill
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Mary Ann Hoberman
ISBN: 9781440760884

Author: Mary Ann Hoberman

Narrator: Cassandra Morris

Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/14/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Mary Ann Hoberman won the National Book Award for her sparkling poetry. Her debut novel Strawberry Hill stars 10-year-old Allie, a young Jewish girl living with her family during the Great Depression. Everyone is excited because dad has found a home to rent and the street sounds like a place filled with fun and adventure- Strawberry Hill. But Allie soon finds many challenges in her new home and works hard to overcome them.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristin

I listened to the CD version of this book on my daily commute and found it enjoyable yet somewhat slow. I thought some of the loose ends could have been tied up better at the end, and I was turned off by descriptions of several of the characters as being "fat," but the narrator, Cassandra Morris, di......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

Strawberry Hill is a sweet story of friendship and family that takes place during the Depression. Allie is a ten-year-old Jewish girl who moves with her family to a house at the very beginning of the book. She is unsure that the move is a good idea, but when her father tells her they will be living......more