Mother Carey's chickens

Description:

The close-knit Carey family is devastated by their father's death of typhoid fever, but with inexhaustible optimism and courage the group manages to continue to enriche not only its own life but also that of the community.

subjects: Fiction,  Mother and child in fiction,  Mother and child,  Intermediate books,  Families,  Family,  Families in fiction,  Family in fiction,  Chickens,  Juvenile fiction