| Sarah, Plain and Tall: A Newbery Award Winner Contributor(s): MacLachlan, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060241012 ISBN-13: 9780060241018 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1985 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal and the 1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children tells the story of a Midwestern family whose lives are changed by a mail-order wife/mother from the Northeast. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Blended Families - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 83049481 |
| Lexile Measure: 660 |
| Series: Sarah, Plain and Tall |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.7" W x 8.1" (0.50 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Divorce - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 137 Reading Level: 3.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This beloved Newbery Medal-winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter book series about the Witting family. Set in the late nineteenth century and told from young Anna's point of view, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie to answer Papa's advertisement for a wife and mother. Before Sarah arrives, Anna and her younger brother Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she sing? Will she stay? This children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language, and it's a strong choice for independent reading. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss, and love. Read the rest of the Sarah books by Patricia MacLachlan: Skylark, Caleb's Story, More Perfect than the Moon, and Grandfather's Dance. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacLachlan, Patricia: - Patricia MacLachlan is the celebrated author of many timeless novels for young readers, including Newbery Medal winner Sarah, Plain and Tall; Word After Word After Word; Kindred Souls; The Truth of Me; The Poet's Dog; and My Father's Words. She is also the author of countless beloved picture books, a number of which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily. She lives in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. |