| A Painted House Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385337930 ISBN-13: 9780385337939 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2004 Annotation: Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers -- and two very dangerous men -- came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke's world. A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born ... and someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives -- and change his family and his town forever.... "From the Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 780 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.4" W x 8.04" (0.64 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - South - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 46843 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 19.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers -- and two very dangerous men -- came through the Arkansas Delta to work the Chandler cotton farm. And suddenly mysteries are flooding Luke's world. A brutal murder leaves the town seething in gossip and suspicion. A beautiful young woman ignites forbidden passions. A fatherless baby is born ... and someone has begun furtively painting the bare clapboards of the Chandler farmhouse, slowly, painstakingly, bathing the run-down structure in gleaming white. And as young Luke watches the world around him, he unravels secrets that could shatter lives -- and change his family and his town forever.... |