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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Start date
March 1, 2016
Finish date
March 31, 2016
Why we're reading this
March 2016
Nominated by Lena AlRayess-Dumas

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Stephanie
Mar 04, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites, classics, bookclub, inspiring, historical, power-of-education
I loved meeting Francie Nolan and watching her grow up in the tumultuous, uncertain, and occasionally harsh world of Brooklyn in the early 1900s. Betty Smith shows us the beauty found in everyday life, captured in the people and places that make up our world. Most of all, I loved seeing myself in Francie's love of literature and her belief in the power of education. This is going on the favorites shelf. ...more
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Heather
Jun 29, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: read-twice, historical-fiction, classic
Following the symbolism that a tree can grow tall and strong in the middle of concrete, a young girl grows into a confident woman even though her circumstances are less than favorable.
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Brandi Mechling
Apr 24, 2008 rated it liked it
It is pretty good, reminds me a lot of Angela's Ashes. ...more
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Jun 10, 2013 rated it really liked it
Debbie
Mar 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: read-with-armand, had-to-buy
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