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Tallgrass

A Novel

Sandra Dallas
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Pages
320
Year
2007
Language
English
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group

About

An essential American novel from Sandra Dallas, an unparalleled writer of our history, and our deepest emotions...

During World War II, a family finds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers.

This is Tallgrass as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But now the winds of change are coming and, with them, a shift in her perspective. And Rennie will discover secrets that can destroy even the most sacred things.

Part thriller, part historical novel, Tallgrass is a riveting exploration of the darkest-and best-parts of the human heart.

Related Subjects

  • Women
  • Adult Fiction
  • Historical (Thrillers)
  • Thrillers
  • World War II & Holocaust
  • 20th Century
  • Historical (Adult Fiction)

Extended Details

  • EditionFirst Edition
  • Lexile860L

Reviews

"Tallgrass will undoubtedly draw apt comparisons with such novels as To Kill a Mockingbird and Snow Falling on Cedars. Sandra Dallas has penned a poignant novel that is not just about a young woman's coming of age, but also about the battle of reasonable people against unreasoned fear and prejudice. A powerful story whose strength is firmly rooted in its respect for language, its depth of characte
William Kent Krueger, author of the prize-winning Corcoran O'Connor mystery series
"Sandra Dallas is a true American Voice. She writes of small towns within a big landscape. And Tallgrass speaks to a time in our history when prejudice and fear fueled passions that divided family and friends. And yet, always, Dallas writes of the human spirit that soars above it all."
Gail Tsukiyama, author of Dreaming Water
"Deftly capturing regional voice as well as period detail, Sandra Dallas weaves a vivid portrait of a Colorado farm town unsettled by change and divided by mistrust on the World War II home front. Tallgrass is a compelling and genuinely moving novel that will keep readers guessing until the last page."
Jennifer Chiaverini, author of Circle of Quilters

Artists

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