Even Sunflowers Cast Shadows (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781492341383)

Emma Starkey is a spunky little girl trying hard to be charitable and virtuous. But her calculated attempts have a way of backfiring with tumultuous consequences in this poignant story of small-town life in 1920s Kansas. As Emma's cranky grandmother observes, "Even sunflowers cast shadows." Weaving through four years of Emma's engaging disasters is her chaotic friendship with a transplanted Yankee whiz kid, Margaret Drummond, whose family arrives one summer burdened with a heavy secret and a flair for the dramatic. Emma's and Margaret's brothers and sisters become friends, too, but their screwball pursuits and youthful infatuations spawn rivalries that threaten to split them apart. Perilous--even tragic--turns await, along with powerful and unexpected lessons about friendship, jealousy, compassion, and the curious world of grown-ups. Cornucopia, Kansas, is filled with colorful crackpots, bullies, and quiet heroes. In their stories, and most especially Emma's, Even Sunflowers Cast Shadows recaptures a faded moment when innocence could still be lost grudgingly.

Author: Douglas Armstrong
ISBN-10: 149234138X
ISBN-13: 9781492341383
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2010
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d