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Genre/Form: | Juvenile works History Fiction Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school, Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Peck |
ISBN: | 9780142405079 0142405078 9781417727988 1417727985 9780756967222 0756967228 |
OCLC Number: | 1089529269 |
Notes: | Original publication and copyright date: 2004. Includes an excerpt from "Here lies the librarian." |
Awards: | Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Winner of ALA Notable Book. Winner of New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing. |
Target Audience: | "Ages 8 up"--Page 4 of cover. |
Description: | 190, 15 pages ; 20 cm |
Responsibility: | Richard Peck. |
Abstract:
In rural Indiana, in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat-threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle dies.
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