The silver star

Jeannette Walls

earliest edition we have, 2013 Scribner, 2013 269 pages

Thorndike Press large print core

Two motherless sisters--Bean and Liz--are shuttled to Virginia, where their Uncle Tinsley lives in the decaying mansion that's been in their family for generations. When school starts in the fall, Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge the injustice of the adult world.

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Editions we hold

La estrella de plata edition · 2015 · Suma de Letras · 296 pages · 9789877390124
The silver star edition · 2014 · Charnwood · 307 pages · 9781444819557
Silver Star edition · 2014 · Scribner · 304 pages · 9781451661545
The silver star edition · 2013 · Thorndike Press · 395 pages · 9781410458452
The silver star edition · 2013 · Scribner · 269 pages · 9781451661507
The Silver Star audiobook · 2013 · Simon & Schuster Audio · 7 pages · 9781442362857
The silver star edition · 2013 · Simon & Schuster · 269 pages · 9781471129087
Silver Star edition · 2013 · Scribner / Simon & Schuster · 9781476744049

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