Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
245 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm. |
Series |
Dear America |
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Dear America.
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Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, March 2013 |
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Booklist, March 2013 |
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Kirkus Review, January 2013 |
Summary |
It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt, taking a train to Chicago--but disaster seems to follow her there. |
Audience |
6.2. |
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5-8 Follett Library Resources. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG RL 5.1 6.0 157458. |
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Accelerated Reader RL 5.1 6.0 157484 PCMS LAKE |
Subject |
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Runaway children -- Fiction.
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Down syndrome -- Fiction.
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Mentally handicapped -- Fiction.
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Diaries -- Fiction.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Fiction.
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Scranton (Pa.) -- History -- Fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Diary fiction.
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ISBN |
054529701X |
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