When the Road Ends
 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
- ^ When the Road Ends. OCLC. OCLC 23693602. Retrieved October 3, 2014 – via OCLC Worldcat.
- ^ Chatton, Barbara (April 1, 1992). "When the Road Ends". School Library Journal. 38 (4): 126.
- ^ Vasilakis, Nancy (May 1992). "When the Road Ends". Horn Book Magazine. 68 (3): 342.
- ^ Rusk, Sue (September–October 1992). "Reviews: Fiction". Book Report. 11 (2): 53.