| Maggie and the Chocolate War Contributor(s): Mulder, Michelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897187270 ISBN-13: 9781897187272 Publisher: Second Story Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Maggie has been saving her delivery job money for weeks to buy her best friend, Jo, a chocolate bar for her birthday. It's 1947, and while the war is over and ration tickets are gone, food prices are going up. Then it is announced that the price of chocolate is going up too-now Maggie can never afford to buy a chocolate bar! And neither can the other kids. Maggie and her friends leap into action and wage a strike against the price hike. But what can a bunch of kids do? More than you think! Based on real events, Maggie and the Chocolate War is filled with photographs and newspaper documents covering an amazing historical moment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Series: Kids' Power Book |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.5" W x 7.8" (0.40 lbs) 94 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's 1947, and while the war is over and ration tickets are gone, food prices are going up. Then it is announced that the price of chocolate is going up too Maggie and her friends leap into action and wage a strike against the price hike. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mulder, Michelle: - Michelle Mulder is the founding author of and has written six other titles in the Footprints series—Pedal It!, Brilliant!, Every Last Drop, Trash Talk, Pocket Change and Going Wild. Michelle has also written the novels The Vegetable Museum, Not a Chance, Out of the Box, After Peaches and several other books for young people. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. For more information, visit michellemulder.com. |