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Eva of the Farm
by Dia Calhoun
Illustrator: Kate Slater
Ages: 9+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Atheneum/S&S
ISBN: 978-1-4424-1700-7
Keywords: Poets, Farm Life, Poverty, High Interest
Life on an apple farm in eastern Washington is inspiring to a young poet but challenging for the family during hard economic times. Written in blank verse. Collagelike illustrations.