| A Place to Belong Contributor(s): Nixon, Joan Lowery (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440226961 ISBN-13: 9780440226963 Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: In 1860, having traveled with his young sister from New York to a foster home on a farm near St. Joseph, Missouri, ten-year-old Danny plots to get his newly-widowed foster father to send for and marry his mother. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 88007671 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Series: Orphan Train Adventures |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 4.15" W x 6.88" (0.18 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 632 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Danny and his younger sister, Peg, are placed in St. Joseph, Missouri, with kind Alfrid and Olga Swenson. Danny is thrilled to have a real father again, but when Olga suddenly dies, he is devastated--until he thinks of an ingenious plan to find Alfrid a new wife. |