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ISBN: 0440411823     ISBN-13: 9780440411826
Publisher: Yearling Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2003
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Annotation: It's August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers' home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick's parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta, even though Brick knows that their elderly neighbors need his help to pick what's left of the apples. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play-that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe, together, they'll find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel's past.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 700(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.18" W x 7.72" L (0.28 lbs) 169 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1940's
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Topical - Adoption
- Topical - Friendship
- Topical - Self-Esteem
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Topical - Family
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Awards: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2005
Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 05/26/2003 pg. 73
Publishers Weekly 05/26/2003
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 53782
Reading Level: 4.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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It's August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers' home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick's parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta, even though Brick knows that their elderly neighbors need his help to pick what's left of the apples. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play-that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe, together, they'll find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel's past.
 
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