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Article: Mathews, Ellie. The linden tree.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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MATHEWS, Ellie. The linden tree. Milkweed. 180p. c20071-57131-673-6. $16.95. J
The linden tree sits on a hill on the Hanson farm in rural Iowa. When Katy Sue's mother dies after contracting meningitis, she is lovingly buried beneath its spreading branches. Katy Sue, the youngest of the Hanson children, tells this poignant, bittersweet story of living in the shadow of her mother's sudden death. Her Aunt Katherine, for whom she is named, comes to stay with them while they try to get back into the rhythms of rural farm life. Her older brother helps their father while older sister Ingrid takes on the domestic duties of the household. Katy Sue is torn between the ...