| Ghost Girl: A Blue Ridge Mountain Story Contributor(s): Ray, Delia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544706331 ISBN-13: 9780544706330 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $6.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.5" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Event - Back to School - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Topical - Death/Dying - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 72872 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eleven-year-old April Sloane has never set foot in a school before, and now that President Hoover and his wife are building a one-room schoolhouse in the hollow of the Blue Ridge Mountains where April lives, she is eager to attend it. But these are the Depression years, and Mama, who has been grieving ever since the accidental death of her seven-year-old son, wants April to stay home and do the chores around their dilapidated farm. With her grandmother's intercession, April is grudgingly allowed to go. The kind teacher encourages her apt pupil, who finds a new world opening up to her. But at home, April cannot repair the relationship with her mother, and worse, her mother overhears the dark secret April confesses to her teacher regarding the true cause of her brother's death, for which April feels responsible. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ray, Delia: - Delia Ray's novel GHOST GIRL: A BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN STORY has been nominated on state lists in Oklahoma, Kansas, South Carolina, Missouri, Indiana, and New Hampshire. Ms. Ray is also the author of three young-adult nonfiction books about American history. Her novel SINGING HANDS is based on her mother's experiences growing up as a hearing child with deaf parents. Ms. Ray lives with her family in Iowa City, Iowa. |