Ranked #38 in Adoption, Ranked #59 in 14-Year-Old — see more rankings.
Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently... more
Rankings by Category
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #60 in 9th Grade
- #70 in Native American
- #61 in Tribal