Hilmo, Tess

WITH A NAME LIKE LOVE

Reading level: Middle Grade
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (September 27, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374384657
ISBN-13: 978-0374384654

Book Description: When Ollie’s daddy, the Reverend Everlasting Love, pulls their travel trailer into Binder to lead a three-day revival, Ollie knows that this town will be like all the others they visit— it is exactly the kind of nothing Ollie has come to expect. But on their first day in town, Ollie meets Jimmy Koppel, whose mother is in jail for murdering his father. Jimmy insists that his mother is innocent, and Ollie believes him. Still, even if Ollie convinces her daddy to stay in town, how can two kids free a grown woman who has signed a confession? Ollie’s longing for a friend and her daddy’s penchant for searching out lost souls prove to be a formidable force in this tiny town where everyone seems bent on judging and jailing without a trial.

Discussion guide: free downloadable discussion guide available at www.tesshilmo.com

Author website: www.tesshilmo.com

Read Aloud Section: top of page 26 through mid page 28 (end of chapter)

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Reviews: “Hilmo creates a family, a town and a mystery that readers won’t soon forget…A story about home, justice and love, beautifully told.” Kirkus Starred Review

“WITH A NAME LIKE LOVE is just the sort of book I adore: a couldn’t-put-it-down mystery, richly drawn characters that grabbed me from the get-go, and a vivid small-town setting. Two words for Tess Hilmo’s charming and suspenseful debut novel: Love it!” — Barbara O’Connor/5 time Parent Choice Award Winner and author of Fame and Glory in Freedom Georgia.

Subjects: Mystery, family, friendship, Southern gospel music and Southern life, itinerant preaching life, frogs/herpetology

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