| All the Way Home Contributor(s): Giff, Patricia Reilly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440411823 ISBN-13: 9780440411826 Publisher: Yearling Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: It's August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers' home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick's parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta, even though Brick knows that their elderly neighbors need his help to pick what's left of the apples. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play-that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe, together, they'll find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel's past. "From the Hardcover edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.18" W x 7.72" (0.28 lbs) 169 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Geographic Orientation - New York - Topical - Adoption - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Self-Esteem - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 53782 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers' home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick's parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta, even though Brick knows that their elderly neighbors need his help to pick what's left of the apples. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play-that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe, together, they'll find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel's past. |