| Fair Weather Contributor(s): Peck, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142500348 ISBN-13: 9780142500347 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 Annotation: Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett embarks on the adventure of her life when her family takes a trip to the World's Columbian Exposition, a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair, in 1893. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00055561 |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.04" W x 7.88" (0.29 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 53562 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the wonder of the age-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair Award-winning author Richard Peck's fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World's Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life. |