Shout Down the Moon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743464468)

Her acclaimed debut, The Song Reader, won her praise as a "brilliant new literary talent" (The Albuquerque Tribune). Now, Lisa Tucker returns with a starkly lyrical novel of page-turning intensity and rare emotional power.
Patty Taylor can handle anything. So what if the guys in her band dismiss her as just a pretty face, hired by their manager to make them more popular? She's already survived a bad childhood, a destructive teenage relationship, homelessness, and working twelve-hour shifts washing dishes. Traveling with the band gives her a way to provide for Willie, the two-year-old son she adores.
But on a hot summer day in Kentucky, when Willie's father shows up outside her hotel room, newly paroled from prison and intent on having her and his son back, Patty begins a journey that will change her from a girl who can put up with anything to a woman with a voice that can bring the house down. Shout Down the Moon is about following dreams and overcoming obstacles, about finding your voice and becoming the hero of your own life. In Patty Taylor, Lisa Tucker has created an unlikely heroine, a gutsy girl with a wry sense of humor, whose life will depend on having the courage to trust in her big talent and even bigger heart.

Author: Lisa Tucker
ISBN-10: 074346446X
ISBN-13: 9780743464468
Publisher: Gallery Books
Language: English
Published: 04/06/2004
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 81221 / Shout Down the Moon


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2003 pg. 33
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2004 pg. 108
Booklist 02/15/2004 pg. 1039
People Weekly 04/12/2004 pg. 64
Romantic Times 04/01/2004 pg. 109 - Very Good
School Library Journal 07/01/2004 pg. 132