BOOK: Up country by Carter

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Carter, Alden R._Up country_,1989 [0590-43638-4]
Carl has a rough life living in the city with an alcoholic mother.  He
starts repairing stereos to earn money as a way to get out of the
situation.  Unfortunately he starts repairing stereos stolen out of
cars.  His mother has a confrontation with the law and is sent to
treatment and Carl is sent to his cousins "up country" on a farm.
He has a hard time adjusting up there.  He slowly adjusts to  the
farm life and gets involved with a girl.  Just as his mother is coming
out of treatment, his former partners get caught stealing stereos
and they all go to court (including Carl).  A caring social worker
works out a deal where Carl will live with at the farm and earn
money pay restitution.  Carl realizes that he can no longer live with
his mother -- she creates his problems.  The book ends with them
both loving each other knowing they must live apart.  The 256 page
book depicts the life a child of an alcoholic which at times is harsh.
 I would not give this book to a below a mature 6th grader.
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Frederick Muller
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