Tad leaves and ends up in Nashville where he finishes his education and joins a band. Even though TadвЂ™s aunt, cousins, and the whole community are willing to help and hide him, Tad realizes he is putting them all at risk. Tad must go back to his Uncle MatthewвЂ™s house, but it isnвЂ™t long before he runs away again. With TadвЂ™s help and support, Carolina finds her special talent is music. He plans a picnic for the community with singing and dancing. Tad plays the guitar, sings, and is popular with the neighbors. He gets the girls to do chores and help their mother through working together and having fun.

Tadpole (his nickname) is a hard worker, generous, caring, fun loving, and talented. Orphaned after his parentsвЂ™ deaths, Winston Churchill Birch, their cousin, shows up one day after running away from a guardian who whips him. Kentucky is the oldest and the socialite, Virginia is next and is pretty, Georgia is smart, Carolina is the youngest and bothered by the fact that there is nothing special about her. There are four girls and their single mama. Tadpole (his nickname) is a hard worker, generous ItвЂ™s 1955 and the Collins family lives in a small house in the hills of Kentucky. ItвЂ™s 1955 and the Collins family lives in a small house in the hills of Kentucky. So thank you, Ruth White, for bringing my however-old-I-was-self this amazing story that would later bring me more joy than I could imagine.more It shaped a lot of the music I listened to, obviously the books I read, and more. In fact, it not only was crucial in introducing me to the historical fiction genre, but also the southern fiction genre. I read it in a few days and it instantly became one of my favorite books. I saw the book at the elementary book fair, judged the cover (hehe) and bought it on the spot. It shaped a lot of the music I listened to, obviou This was one of the first books that pulled me head-first into the historical fiction genre. This was one of the first books that pulled me head-first into the historical fiction genre.

Tadpole is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Tad sees in Carolina a spirit and talent that no one has noticed before, and he predicts that she вЂњis gonna surprise everybody one of these days.вЂќ The Collinses soon learn the real reason for TadвЂ™s visit, however, and the weeks that follow are filled with dread that his abusive guardian will come and take him away.Д«ut Tad is not the sort of boy to succumb to a bully, and he and Carolina both have surprises in store for everyone.

The girlsвЂ™ hardship is softened by the sudden appearance of their favorite cousin, Tadpole, a charismatic thirteen-year-old with a knack for guitar playing. Each of her older sisters seems to have cut out a niche for herself, but Carolina Collins is still trying to find her own special place in life. ItвЂ™s the beginning of summer 1955, and though her family is struggling financially, CarolinaвЂ™s mama still indulges her four daughtersвЂ™ whims, like springing for all of them to get permanents. Each of her older sisters seems to have cut out a niche for herself, but Carolina Collins is still trying to find her own special place in life A funny and moving story set in Kentucky A funny and moving story set in Kentucky ItвЂ™s the beginning of summer 1955, and though her family is struggling financially, CarolinaвЂ™s mama still indulges her four daughtersвЂ™ whims, like springing for all of them to get permanents.

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