Reaching Dustin

By Vicki Grove

Subjects: Family life, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Farm life, Interpersonal relations, Fiction, Children's fiction, Missouri, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Schools, Emotional problems

Description: Fifth-grader Carly's assignment to interview a reclusive, brooding classmate leads her to discover some of the events that have caused his antisocial and abusive family's negative impact on their Missouri farming community, and Carly's family in particular.