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Summary Of Dicey's Song
The story Dicey’s Song follows the story of a 13 year old girl who was forced to grow up faster than other girls her age. Her mom was a hardworking woman, but being single and trying to raise four kids was taking its effect on her. Her mental health began to deteriorate and she saw herself unfit to take care of her kids. So before she was fully gone, she pointed them in the right direction and then left. Being the oldest out of her siblings, James, Sammy, and Maybeth, Dicey has taken it upon herself to take care of them.
The book begins with the kids at their grandma’s house, a grandma they did not even know existed. Gram was a person who kept to herself, but does choose to take care of the children. Over summer, Dicey had gotten a job to

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