| The Gate in the Wall Contributor(s): Howard, Ellen (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416967966 ISBN-13: 9781416967965 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.39 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 29340 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Late by only a minute, ten-year-old Emma has been locked out of the mill where she works ten hours a day at the silk-spinning machines. Her pay will be docked; she is sure to be beaten by her brother-in-law, Ben, when she gets home; and none of it is her fault. She sinks to the ground and cries. Then, through her tears, she sees a gate in a wall, a gate she has never seen before. Hesitantly she pushes through, putting off her return home. And through that gate she finds not only a waterway, which she later learns is a canal, and a strangely beautiful boat, but the entrance to a whole new future. |