Mister Orange Contributor(s): Matti, Truus (Author) |
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ISBN: 159270123X ISBN-13: 9781592701230 Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Juvenile Fiction | Art |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2012051313 |
Lexile Measure: 690 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (0.85 lbs) 156 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Topical - Friendship |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 165597 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The year: 1943. The place: Manhattan. Linus Muller works at the family grocery store in the east 70s. When his oldest brother, Albie, leaves to fight in World War II, Linus takes over the grocery deliveries. One of his customers is an artist from somewhere in Europe who arranges to have a crate of oranges delivered every other week. Over the course of these deliveries, an intimacy develops between Linus and the man, whom he knows only by the name he gives him, Mister Orange. In the peacefulness of Mister Orange's spare kitchen, they discuss the war, the future, freedom and imagination. Through these conversations, Linus begins to grow up as he wrestles with the realities of war and the place of comic books, superheroes and the imagination in human life. |