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Turn Homeward, Hannalee
Contributor(s): Beatty, Patricia (Author), Various (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0688166768     ISBN-13: 9780688166762
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 1999
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Annotation: During the final days of the Civil War, 12-year-old Hannalee is among 2,000 Georgia textile workers shipped north by the Union Army to work in Yankee mills. Can she make her way home to her family?
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 830
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.4" (0.30 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Topical - Civil War
- Topical - Family
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 592
Reading Level: 4.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 7.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
During the closing days of the Civil War, plucky 12-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia. A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail.--School Library Journal. Author's note.

There are few authors who can consistently manage both to entertain and inform. --Booklist


Contributor Bio(s): Beatty, Patricia: - Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.

Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita Mañana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

Various: -

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