Maura's Trunk [Paperback]

Susan Eileen Walker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2, 2004 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Maura Kincannon knew her time was short. She did not want her grandchildren to have her antique trunk and its contents, so she gave them to Quinn Foster. At almost 18, Quinn thought she had her chaotic life straightened out. She had a home, and a friend who loved her and cared about what she was doing with her life. When Maura dies, Quinn finds herself homeless and without her mentor to guide her. Upon opening Maura’s last gift, an antique trunk, Quinn finds that her future is secure. So what do the two men following her want?

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 171 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (August 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413737935
• ISBN-13: 978-1413737936
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,667,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Read it, you'll Enjoy it!, August 3, 2005

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This review is from: Maura's Trunk (Paperback)

Maura Kincannon's heart was as big as the sky...and she gave it to Quinn Foster. Quinn came, hungry and homeless to her garden one day. Maura saw Quinn steal her tomatoes, invited her for breakfast and then asked her to live with her.

Now, two years later, the elderly Maura has very little time left. But before she dies, she intends to give Quinn the most important thing she's ever owned. So just before her death, Maura celebrates Quinn's birthday by giving her an antique trunk and its contents-a trunk she doesn't want to fall into the hands of her spoiled and selfish grandchildren.

It is only after Maura's death that Quinn discovers the trunk's contents and realizes that she would have a security she hadn't known in years. But there are people who want the trunk. Maura's granddaughter Betty will stop at nothing to gain custody of it. And Quinn's brother, Carlton intends on stealing more from Quinn than just her college fund. And who is the other strange man following Quinn and why?

Maura's Trunk is a fast-paced, feel-good novel about an eighteen-year-old with few options until a trunk enters her life. How exciting to receive a surprise gift and realize upon opening it that everything you had been denied in the past would be available to you.