Fair Weather Contributor(s): Peck, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142500348 ISBN-13: 9780142500347 Publisher: Puffin Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2003 Annotation: Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett embarks on the adventure of her life when her family takes a trip to the World's Columbian Exposition, a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair, in 1893. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 00055561 |
Age Level: 8-12 |
Grade Level: 3-7 |
Lexile Measure: 730(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.04" W x 7.88" L (0.29 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 03/10/2003 pg. 74 Publishers Weekly 03/10/2003 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 53562 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the wonder of the age-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair Award-winning author Richard Peck's fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World's Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life. |
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