When the Road Ends

When the Road Ends
First edition cover art to "When the Road Ends" by Jean Thesman
First edition cover art
Author Jean Thesman
Language English
Subject young adult literature
Published Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1992[1]
Media type Book
Pages 184
ISBN 9780395595077
OCLC 23693602

When the Road Ends (1992) is a young-adult novel by Jean Thesman.[2]

Plot introduction

Twelve-year-old Mary Jack is in the foster home of a conscientious but clueless Episcopal priest, Father Matt, and his selfish troubled wife Jill. Also in their care is the silent Jane, a seven-year-old girl who had been abused. The house becomes further troubled by the introduction of an Adam, age 14; but when Matt's injured sister comes to live with them, Jill threatens to leave. In order to save his marriage, Matt sends the children and his sister to live in a cabin in the mountains, supposedly with the help of a mean housekeeper who abandons them. They are forced to work together and become a family, with Mary Jack becoming the reluctant "adult" while still trying to reclaim her own childhood.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "When the Road Ends". OCLC Worldcat. OCLC. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Chatton, Barbara (1 April 1992). "When the Road Ends". School Library Journal. 38 (4): 126.
  3. ↑ Vasilakis, Nancy (May 1992). "When the Road Ends". Horn Book Magazine. 68 (3): 342.
  4. ↑ Rusk, Sue (Sep–Oct 1992). "Reviews: Fiction". Book Report. 11 (2): 53.


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