The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker.
| Publisher | Horn Book, Inc. |
| Publication | The Horn Book Magazine |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0018-5078 |
| Issues per Year | 6 |
| Volume | v73 |
| Issue | n6 |
| Published | 1997-11-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Kristi Beavin |
| Reviewee | n/a | Cynthia C. DeFelice |
| Reviewee | n/a | John McDonough |
Cynthia DeFelice Recorded Books 1997 3 cass. ISBN 0-7887-0885-6 26.00 Read by John McDonough.
In the protectorate known as an "American childhood," death is (or is supposed to be) an interloper. Yet it is undeniably part of our children's everyday world, whether as the ultimate step in the natural cycle of life, or as a random event that makes the lead story on the nightly news or the chalk outline on the neighborhood sidewalk. In the province of children's literature, death traditionally has appeared in the first of these guises--the death of an aged but revered relative; the...
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