What Comes After

Kids, Animals, Farm Animals, Teen, General Fiction, Fiction
Cover of the book What Comes After by Steve Watkins, Candlewick Press
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Author: Steve Watkins ISBN: 9780763654627
Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication: April 12, 2011
Imprint: Candlewick Press Language: English
Author: Steve Watkins
ISBN: 9780763654627
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication: April 12, 2011
Imprint: Candlewick Press
Language: English

After her veterinarian dad dies sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. Iris a vegetarian and animal lover immediately clashes with Aunt Sue who mistreats the livestock spends Iriss small inheritance and thinks nothing of striking Iris for the smallest offense. Things come to a head when Iris sets two young goats free to save them from slaughter and an enraged Aunt Sue orders her brutish son Book to beat Iris senseless - a horrific act that lands Book and his mother in jail. Sent to live with an offbeat foster family and their "dooking" ferrets Iris must find a way to take care of the animals back at the farm even if it means confronting Aunt Sue. Powerful and deeply moving this compelling novel affirms the redemptive power of animals and the resilience of the human spirit.

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After her veterinarian dad dies sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. Iris a vegetarian and animal lover immediately clashes with Aunt Sue who mistreats the livestock spends Iriss small inheritance and thinks nothing of striking Iris for the smallest offense. Things come to a head when Iris sets two young goats free to save them from slaughter and an enraged Aunt Sue orders her brutish son Book to beat Iris senseless - a horrific act that lands Book and his mother in jail. Sent to live with an offbeat foster family and their "dooking" ferrets Iris must find a way to take care of the animals back at the farm even if it means confronting Aunt Sue. Powerful and deeply moving this compelling novel affirms the redemptive power of animals and the resilience of the human spirit.

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