Whistling past the graveyard
About this book
Determined to get to Nashville to find her mother in 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's Mississippi home, eventually accepting a ride from a Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby. In 1963, determined to get to Nashville to find her mother, nine-year-old spitfire Starla runs away from her strict grandmother's Mississippi home. The plot contains profanity, violence, and racial slurs.
Reader Profile
4.1/5 · 45622 readers · 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Light
How long does it take to read Whistling past the graveyard?
About ≈ 5 h 56 m — 320 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Whistling past the graveyard?
320 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Whistling past the graveyard?
It sits on the History, Fiction shelves.
Is Whistling past the graveyard in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Whistling past the graveyard?
Susan Crandall.