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The Saskiad
1996
First Published
3.66
Average Rating
418
Number of Pages

Longing to escape the rundown commune where she lives with her organic-farmer mother, assorted half-siblings, and a cow named Marilyn, the precociously well-read Saskia White, twelve, imagines herself as the noble contemporary of Odysseys, Marco Polo, and Horatio Hornblower. Saskia's elaborate fantasies are soon upstaged by her real-life, long-lost father, who leads Saskia and her best friend Jane on a camping trip that turns into an epic adventure of love, sex, and lies. Saskia is as unforgettable as her own heroes, a young girl whose story resonates with a rare and joyous sense of life and discovery.

Avg Rating
3.66
Number of Ratings
562
5 STARS
26%
4 STARS
34%
3 STARS
25%
2 STARS
10%
1 STARS
5%
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