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A Book for Black-Eyed Susan
Contributor(s): Young, Judy (Author), Ettlinger, Doris (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1585364630     ISBN-13: 9781585364633
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
OUR PRICE:   $15.26  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2010028422
Lexile Measure: 580
Series: Tales of Young Americans
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 9.2" W x 11.1" (1.05 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 142452
Reading Level: 3.5   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
When ten-year-old Cora and her family leave their home in Missouri, their hearts are filled with the hopes and dreams of a bright future gleaming with promise and opportunity. But the journey west by wagon train is harsh, and tragedy strikes swiftly and unexpectedly. Now Cora and her father must steel themselves for a different future from what they had carefully planned. How can they move forward when their hearts are broken? But move on they must, and Cora takes comfort in her new baby sister (named Susan after the black-eyed flowers). When Cora learns she and Susan are to be separated at the end of their journey, she looks to the past to help craft a link to their new lives. Judy Young is an award-winning author of children's fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her other books in the Tales of Young Americans series are Minnow and Rose (2010 Storytelling World Resource Award) and The Lucky Star (2009 Storytelling World Honor Award). Judy lives near Springfield, Missouri. Doris Ettlinger graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and has numerous picture books to her credit, including the award-winning The Orange Shoes. Doris lives and teaches in an old grist mill on the banks of the Musconetcong River in western New Jersey.