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A Taste of Blackberries
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 67 Ratings and 67 Reviews

Book Description

When a best friend
goes away

Jamie is special, full of surprises, unpredictable. He can get into trouble, and then out of it. He courts danger, and always escapes. And he has an answer for every impossible question.

But when something sudden and terrible happens to Jamie, his best friend has to face the tragedy alone. Now there are questions that not even Jamie could have... More

Book Information
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
BindingPaperback (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages96
ISBN-10B002MAQSLG
Publication Date04/01/1992
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About Doris Buchanan Smith (Author) : Doris Buchanan Smith wrote 17 books for young readers before her death in 2002. Her first book, "A Taste of Blackberries," remains the best-known and has not been out of print since it appeared in 197... more
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About Mike Wimmer (Illustrator) : Mike Wimmer is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Mike Wimmer include Will Rogers: An American Legend, Samantha Fashion S... more
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7/29/2014 Howard Randall Smith said:
"A Taste of Blackberries portrays bereavement with effective symbolism and shrewd psychology, a treatment not only of a child's reactions, but of human universals."--A Harvest of Southern Realism, William H. Green, University of Georgia Since 1973, A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES has seen 19 English lang... more

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7/29/2014 Howard Randall Smith said:
Since 1973, A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES has seen 19 English language editions, translated into Danish, Japanese, Afrikaans, French, Spanish and Dutch, where it won Holland’s top national book award for a translated work. 40 years later, under the HarperCollins imprint, A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES conti... more

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