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Dec 25, 2014
Kate Hastings
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Grades 4-7. Esther and her family live in Chicago during the Great Depression. The bread lines keep getting longer, but her family seems to be protected by her mother's ability to read signs and superstitions.
One night a ring appears around the moon. Bad things are coming. Mother starts scrimping money. Her dad loses his job. Her mother was right again.
Big changes are in store for the family. They buy a farm in Wisconsin with a dingy house and barren fields. Esther makes a new friend, but Mama ...more
One night a ring appears around the moon. Bad things are coming. Mother starts scrimping money. Her dad loses his job. Her mother was right again.
Big changes are in store for the family. They buy a farm in Wisconsin with a dingy house and barren fields. Esther makes a new friend, but Mama ...more
This book is receiving some Newbery buzz as of late, and rightfully so. I think it is everything a Newbery book should be. It definitely reads as a classic, and I think fans of books like Little House on the Prairie, Anne of Green Gables and Heidi might enjoy this tale of a Depression-era little girl forced to move from her beloved Chicago to a rinky-dink Wisconsin farmstead. The title of the book refers to one of the many superstitions of her immigrant mother, from whom the girl desperately see
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I have already recommended this book to several students. Great themes and wonderful character development.
How a superstitious mother shapes one girl's life. Depression era but could appeal to fans of Little House.
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This book was good but it was one of those that even though it was short took forever to read. I could walk away from it for days and then pick it up. It didn't keep me interested enough to keep reading and want to see what happens next. I did enjoy how it was family and how all families are different and how the girl comes to understand her mom. I have included what it is about:
When Esther's family moves to a farm during the Great Depression, she soon learns that there are things much more impo ...more
When Esther's family moves to a farm during the Great Depression, she soon learns that there are things much more impo ...more
Loved this book! Marvelous debut and worthy of a Newbery to my mind.
To read for Mock Newbery August.---young girl experiencing family changes during the Great Depression. Also coming to have a better understanding of her mother. In the end has a better grasp of the things that really matter in life.
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Bev
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