Shelter from the Wind Contributor(s): Bauer, Marion Dane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477816038 ISBN-13: 9781477816035 Publisher: Two Lions OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life - Juvenile Fiction | Family - New Baby |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 790 |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.35 lbs) 106 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 145131 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: It used to be just Stacy and her dad, ever since Stacy's mother left them five years ago. But Stacy's stepmother, Barbara, seems to have taken over their world--and now she's pregnant, too. One hot June morning Stacy runs away, not sure where she's going or what she's looking for--her mother, maybe? She heads across the Oklahoma panhandle where she has always lived, without supplies, without a plan. After a scary night alone on the prairie, a pair of white German shepherd dogs finds her. They lead her to their mistress, Old Ella, a woman who lives alone in a small secluded cabin. It is here that Stacy confronts the true source of her anger and learns what it really means to be a woman, a daughter, a friend. First published in 1976, Shelter from the Wind is a heart-rending story of a girl's coming of age set against the backdrop of the harsh Oklahoma panhandle. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bauer, Marion Dane: - Marion Dane Bauer is the author of the acclaimed My Mother Is Mine, If You Were Born a Kitten, Grandmother's Song, and many other books for young readers. Marion is a professor of writing at Vermont College. She lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. |