Jeannette Walls: "Half Broke Horses" - Page by Page Summary
Cornelsen Edition (2013)
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Content Chapter I: Salt Draw
Narrator (10). Brother: Buster (9). Sister: Helen. Flood coming.
Night in the tree. Difficult to hold on. "You can because you have to."
Home after the flood. Mom: "guardian angel". Dad (Adam Casey): "... maybe the angel
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Content: Epilogue
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