What Happened on Planet Kid

Name: What Happened on Planet Kid
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Jane Leslie Conly
ISBN: 9781470354602

Author: Jane Leslie Conly

Narrator: Kate Forbes

Unabridged: 4 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/08/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

At her aunt and uncle's farm in the summer of 1958, 12-year-old Dawn and her new friend Charlotte create their own private world: Planet Kid. Away from whiny brothers and nosy neighbor boys, they pass one carefree day after another. But as dark secrets from the adult world creep into Planet Kid, Dawn must make some tough choices-choices that could mean life or death for her friend. In this moving, insightful novel, Newbery Honor author Jane Leslie Conly captures both the innocent simplicity and the haunting complexity of growing up.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julia on January 16, 2015

This was a great book that addressed some of the harder things of childhood that are rarely addressed, especially in the 1950s: race and physical abuse. The story takes place in the summer in rural Virginia. The main character, Dawn, is there visiting her great-Aunt and Uncle while her mother gets a......more

Goodreads review by Katie on December 08, 2011

Dawn and her friend Charlotte create an imaginary place called Planet Kid. The girls live in a poor community. Dawn comes across Charlotte's bruises and realizes that Charlotte's father abuses her and her family. This book covers racism, poverty, and abuse. I am not sure how I would I would use this......more