Finneyfrock deftly uses Starbird's new life in high school to weave in the history of American cults and communal living to place Starbird's story within a larger context. Readers from all walks of life will likely identify with this story's overarching themes of questioning faith and authority and the building of family.—Stacy Dillon, LREI, New York City --This text refers to the hardcover edition/5(10). Starbird Murphy and the World Outside. Author: Karen Finneyfrock: ISBN: In her sixteen years of life, Starbird has never touched a dollar bill. She’s never been in a car. She’s never used a cell phone. That’s because Starbird has always lived on the Free Family Farm, a commune in the woods of Washington State. But all that is. · Once again Karen Finneyfrock has scored a winner with her latest book, Starbird Murphy and the World Outside. The book does a wonderful job of bringing you in so much that you care what's going to happen next, while not preaching or dictating what must happen next. You can feel Starbird growing as a person as the story grows on you/5().
Viking hard cover. No dustjacket. Very Good Condition. Clean book cover boards are free from rubbing and bumping. Slight shelf wear on top and botton spine. Blue cover with gold giltstamped titles. Karen Finneyfrock is the author of two young adult novels: The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door and Starbird Murphy and the World Outside, both published by Viking Children's www.doorway.ru is one of the editors of the anthology Courage: Daring Poems for Gutsy Girls and the author of Ceremony for the Choking Ghost, both released on Write Bloody www.doorway.ru is a former Writer-in-Residence at Richard Hugo. Starbird Murphy and the World Outside Author: Karen Finneyfrock. She is a writer-in-residence at Richard Hugo House in Seattle, Washington, and teaches for Seattle Arts and Lectures' Writers-in-the-Schools program.
When Starbird gets her “Calling” to be a waitress at the Free Family’s restaurant in Seattle, she decides to leave behind the only home she’s ever known. Nothing could have prepared Starbird for the World Outside, or for what it would teach her about the Family—and herself. Starbird Murphy and the World Outside. Author: Karen Finneyfrock: ISBN: In her sixteen years of life, Starbird has never touched a dollar bill. She’s. Starbird Murphy and the World Outside by Karen Finneyfrock | Editorial Reviews. Hardcover $ Hardcover. $ NOOK Book.
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