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The night swimmers follows Retta, a young girl who, following her motherβs death and her father's nocturnal work schedule, takes on the role of mother to her two younger brothers. As she balances school, family duties, and the challenges of growing up alone, Retta faces the difficulties of keeping her siblings together and maintaining a sense of normalcy in a single-parent household.
First publish date: August 1, 1983
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Betsy Cromer Byars
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