Breena Clarke
Author
Publisher
Back Bay/Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed bestseller--a selection of Oprah's Book Club--that brings vividly to life the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, circa 1925, a community reeling from a young girl's tragic death.
Five-year-old Clara Bynum is dead, drowned in the Potomac River in the shadow of a seemingly haunted rock outcropping known locally as the Three Sisters. River, Cross My Heart, which marks the debut of a wonderfully gifted new storyteller, weighs...