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Eleven-year-old Delphine has  it together.

Delana has never known her parents.  She has been raised by Grandpa, who doesn’t say much, and Aunt

Zitlally feels so alone.  Papa isn’t here anymore to whisper to her in star language.  Mama is alway

Charlie Anne is devastated when her father must go up north to build roads after the Depression hits