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A Place to Belong
Contributor(s): Nixon, Joan Lowery (Author)

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ISBN: 0440226961     ISBN-13: 9780440226963
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 1996
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Annotation: In 1860, having traveled with his young sister from New York to a foster home on a farm near St. Joseph, Missouri, ten-year-old Danny plots to get his newly-widowed foster father to send for and marry his mother.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 88007671
Age Level: 12-UP
Grade Level: 7-UP
Lexile Measure: 770(Not Available)
Series: Orphan Train Adventures
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 4.15" W x 6.88" L (0.18 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Demographic Orientation - Rural
- Geographic Orientation - Missouri
- Cultural Region - Mid-South
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 632
Reading Level: 4.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 6.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Danny and his younger sister, Peg, are placed in St. Joseph, Missouri, with kind Alfrid and Olga Swenson. Danny is thrilled to have a real father again, but when Olga suddenly dies, he is devastated--until he thinks of an ingenious plan to find Alfrid a new wife.
 
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