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The Ballot Box Battle
Contributor(s): McCully, Emily Arnold (Author)

ISBN: 0679893121 ISBN-13: 9780679893127
Publisher: Dragonfly Books

OUR PRICE: $6.79

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1998
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Annotation: From Caldecott medalist Emily Arnold McCully comes the inspiring story of Cordelia, a young girl whose relationship with her neighbor, the great suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, inspires her to a remarkable act of courage.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General

Dewey: B

Age Level: 6-9

Grade Level: 1-4

Lexile Measure: 690(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.13" H x 7.94" W x 9.9" L (0.30 lbs) 32 pages

Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Geographic Orientation - New Jersey
- Sex & Gender - Feminine

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/26/1998

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 25282
Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
"The author of The Bobbin Girl offers another strong, admirable character in this encounter between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a younger neighbor. Every afternoon Cordelia comes over to care for Mrs. Stanton's horse in exchange for a riding lesson plus a series of reminiscences to which she listens politely, if not always attentively. One day, after explaining how her strenuous but futile childrhood efforts to win her father's respect taught her to keep on fighting, Mrs. Stanton invites Cordelia to come along to the polls as she quixotically tries yet again to vote. Her example before a jeering (as well as, in one or two cases, admiring) throng of men and boys inspires an act of courage in Cordelia. An author's note at the end separates fact and fictions.

Like Michael Bedard's Emily (1992), this book gives readers a tantalizing, child's-eye view of an American original, a challenger of social norms and expectations. McCully's dark, vigorously brushed watercolors successfully evoke both period (1880) and personalities: Stanton is a glowering formidable presence, while Cordelia, with her straight back, pinafore, and large hair ribbon is a poised, blonde soulmate to Mirette".

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