Interwoven so that parallels appear, driving the reader forward to Pearl's back story and Frankie's journey are skillfully 'The bulk of the story is set in the orphanage, and Ruby hasĬrafted a broad cast of well-developed supporting characters. No escape from pain or death in this narrative-from the wolf waitingīehind every door-but there is the suggestion that it's worth the Hard for their love, so hard, hard enough to break them.' There is 'Pearl's narration elevates an already-poignant story toĪ complex, bittersweet examination of why 'girls were punished so Pearl's narrative circling around themes of agency, girlhood, love,Īnd the meaning of home. With Frankie's take anchoring the plot chronologically and 'The story within a story structure works beautifully here, So many girls and women, of the courage required for a girl to ventureĪlone through a doorway, to challenge the WOlveS.' JEAN WESTMOORE Of the power of our own stories, of the barbarous cruelty inflicted on It's a tale of theįragility of hope, of the rush of first love, of the immensity of loss, Pearl, powerless toĬhange the course of events, reflects on both Frankie's life andīaker + Bray. Society that closes doors for girls and women. Tell about disappointment, loss, hardship, and the punishing patriarchal The ghost of a teenage girl, Pearl Brownlow-who died in 1918 and haunts Little does she know that, as World War II approaches, Frankie dreams of freedom, becoming an artist, andįalling in love.

Him out West, leaving the adolescent Frankie and her younger sister with When he remarries, he takes only his son with Wife, sends his three children to a Catholic orphanage, telling them he THE STORY: In 1941, Frankie Mazza's father, after losing his

Ruby's mother-in-law's experience growing up in a World War This book, a finalist for the Nationalīook Award for Young People's Literature, draws directly from Laura Ruby, who grew up in New Jersey and now lives in the ChicagoĪrea, is the author of a dozen books, including the PrintzĪward-winning Bone Gap (2016). Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All APA style: Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All.Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All.' Retrieved from MLA style: 'Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All.' The Free Library.

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