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Reading the Bones: A Peggy Henderson Adventure
Contributor(s): McMurchy-Barber, Gina (Author)
ISBN: 1550027328     ISBN-13: 9781550027327
Publisher: Dundurn Press
OUR PRICE:   $10.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2008
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Canada - Native Canadian
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
Dewey: FIC
Series: Peggy Henderson Adventure
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.78" W x 8.31" (0.34 lbs) 152 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Geographic Orientation - British Columbia
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 141450
Reading Level: 5.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Due to circumstances beyond her control, 12-year-old Peggy Henderson has to move to the quiet town of Crescent Beach, British Columbia, to live with her aunt and uncle. Without a father and separated from her mother, who's looking for work, Peggy feels her unhappiness increasing until the day she and her uncle start digging a pond in the backyard and she realizes the rock she's been trying to pry from the ground is really a human skull.

Peggy eventually learns that her home and the entire seaside town were built on top of a 5000-year-old Coast Salish fishing village. With the help of an elderly archaeologist, a woman named Eddy, Peggy comes to know the ancient storyteller buried in her yard in a way that few others can -- by reading the bones.

As life with her aunt becomes more and more unbearable, Peggy looks to the old Salish man from the past for help and answers.

Contributor Bio(s): McMurchy-Barber, Gina: -

Gina McMurchy-Barber is the author of Free as a Bird, a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award, and the Peggy Henderson Adventure Series. She is a recipient of the Governor General's teaching award. Gina lives in Surrey, B.C.