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Article: Sharon Creech: Replay.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
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- The Horn Book Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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Sharon Creech Replay 240 pp. Cotler/HarperCollins 10/05 ISBN 0-06-054019-2 515.99 Library edition ISBN 0-06-054020-6 516.89 (Intermediate)
Second to youngest in a rambunctious Italian-American family, twelve-year-old Leo spends much of his time in a private fantasy world. His family calls him "fog boy" and "sardine," but in his dreams Leo plays a starring role where his talents are always recognized. When he discovers a journal his father wrote at roughly his age, he stumbles on a family secret and begins to understand that the adults--mother, father, grandparents, and aunts--have interior lives and past experiences. Leo also gets a small role in a school play, ...