Darby Carmichael decides that she wants to become a newspaper girl and tell the truth about how life is, for all the world to read. Soon, her little column in The Marlboro Herald Advocate is famous in her home town and beyond. But is Marlboro County ready for what she has to tell? [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2006 by Candlewick Press, U. S. .

Jonathan Scott Fuqua is an established historian who, amongst many other subjects, has extensively researched the Civil Rights movement in the USA. He has written numerous plays, stories and articles and is also an established artist, with a published collection of illustrations, American Rowhouse Classic Design. Writer-in-residence of the Carver Institute, Fuqua teaches classes in fiction writing, literature and art. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and daughter.