William S. and the Great Escape
Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Author S&S/Atheneum $16.99 (214p) ISBN 978-1-4169-6763-7
William S. Baggett, the skinny 12-year-old hero of this engaging Depression-era story, plans to use his “Getaway Fund” to escape, someday, from his lazy, vicious father and older half-siblings. Meanwhile, William hides from the chaotic, violent Baggett household in a stifling attic nook of their condemned farmhouse, reading Shakespeare and dreaming of the stage (unbeknownst to his family, William played Ariel in a high school production of
Reviewed on: 10/05/2009
Release date: 09/01/2009
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 214 pages - 9781416967637
Paperback - 214 pages - 9781416967644
Open Ebook - 224 pages - 9781416997436