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The Quilt

by Gary Paulsen
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1944. Wartime.
A six-year-old boy goes to spend the summer with his grandmother Alida in a small town near the Canadian border. With the men all gone off to fight, the women are left to run the farms. There’s plenty for the boy to do—trying to help with the chores, getting to know the dog, and the horses, cows, pigs, and chickens.
But when his cousin Kristina goes into labor, he can’t do a thing. Instead, the house fills with women come to help and to wait, and to work on a quilt together. This is no common, everyday quilt, but one that contains all the stories of the boy’s family. The quilt tells the truth, past and future: of happiness, courage, and pain; of the greatest joy, and the greatest loss. And as they wait, the women share these memorable stories with the boy.
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Series: Alida Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Kindle Book

  • Release date: December 24, 2008

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780307543721
  • Release date: December 24, 2008

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780307543721
  • File size: 1896 KB
  • Release date: December 24, 2008
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.1
Lexile® Measure:1090
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

1944. Wartime.
A six-year-old boy goes to spend the summer with his grandmother Alida in a small town near the Canadian border. With the men all gone off to fight, the women are left to run the farms. There’s plenty for the boy to do—trying to help with the chores, getting to know the dog, and the horses, cows, pigs, and chickens.
But when his cousin Kristina goes into labor, he can’t do a thing. Instead, the house fills with women come to help and to wait, and to work on a quilt together. This is no common, everyday quilt, but one that contains all the stories of the boy’s family. The quilt tells the truth, past and future: of happiness, courage, and pain; of the greatest joy, and the greatest loss. And as they wait, the women share these memorable stories with the boy.
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction