The buffalo soldier: a novel
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The devastating loss of their twin daughters in a flash flood turns the lives of Terry and Laura Sheldon upside down as their marriage is tested by grief, Terry's brief love affair, and their growing relationship with their foster child, a ten-year-old African American boy.
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9780609608333
9781400032860
9781400032860
Reading Level:
UG
Level 6.6, 21 Points
Level 6.6, 21 Points
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| Grouped Work ID | b876935e-fb1a-7413-1042-a1f3d2af0e90 |
|---|---|
| full_title | buffalo soldier |
| author | bohjalian chris |
| grouping_category | book |
| lastUpdate | 2018-04-21 23:38:18PM |
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| accelerated_reader_interest_level | UG |
|---|---|
| accelerated_reader_point_value | 21 |
| accelerated_reader_reading_level | 6.6 |
| author | Bohjalian, Chris, 1960- |
| author_display | Bohjalian, Chris |
| available_at_catalog | Annex, Main Kids, Main Library |
| collection_catalog | Fiction |
| detailed_location_catalog | Annex - Adult Fiction, Main Library - Adult Fiction |
| display_description |
With his trademark emotional heft and storytelling skill, bestselling author Chris Bohjalian presents a resonant novel about the unconventional family that forms after Terry and Laura Sheldon, a Vermont storm trooper and his wife grieving the loss of their twin daughters, take in a foster child. His name is Alfred; he is ten years old and African American. And he has passed through so many indifferent families that he can't believe that his new one will last. In the ensuing months Terry and Laura will struggle to emerge from their shell of grief only to face an unexpected threat to their marriage; Terry's involvement with another woman. Meanwhile, Alfred cautiously enters the family circle, and befriends an elderly neighbor who inspires him with the story of the buffalo soldiers, the black cavalrymen of the old West. Out of the entwining and unfolding of their lives, The Buffalo Soldier creates a suspenseful, moving portrait of a family, infused by Bohjalian's moral complexity and narrative assurance. |
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| local_callnumber_catalog | Fiction Bohjali |
| owning_library_catalog | Nashville Public Library |
| owning_location_catalog | Annex, Main Kids, Main Library |
| primary_isbn | 9780609608333 |
| publishDate | 2002, 2003 |
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| subject_facet | Adultery -- Fiction, African American boys -- Fiction, Children -- Death -- Fiction, Foster parents -- Fiction, Married people -- Fiction, Vermont -- Fiction |
| title_display | The buffalo soldier : a novel |
| title_full | The Buffalo Soldier, The buffalo soldier : a novel / by Chris Bohjalian |
| title_short | The buffalo soldier : |
| title_sub | a novel |
| topic_facet | Adultery, African American boys, Children, Death, Fiction, Foster parents, Literature, Married people |
