Carry Me Home

Carry Me Home
ISBN-10
0385338139
ISBN-13
9780385338134
Series
Carry Me Home
Category
Fiction
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Delta
Author
Sandra Kring

Description

Growing up in Willowridge, Wisconsin, Earl "Earwig" Gunderman, a simple-minded teenager, has always depended on his older brother, Jimmy, for guidance and protection, but when Jimmy is sent off to war in the Pacific, only to return after three years as a prisoner of war, Earwig is thrust into the unexpected role of protector. A first novel. Reader's Guide available. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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