The orphan band of Springdale
(Book)
Author
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - J Fiction
J NESBET Anne
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J NESBET Anne
2 available
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Port Angeles - J Fiction | J NESBET Anne | Available |
Port Angeles - J Fiction | J NESBET Anne | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Bands (Music) -- Juvenile fiction.
Children of immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
City and town life -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction.
German Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
Maine -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphanages -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction.
Secrets -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
Children of immigrants -- Juvenile fiction.
City and town life -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction.
Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction.
German Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
Maine -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphanages -- Juvenile fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction.
Secrets -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile fiction.
More Details
Published
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
435 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 6, 13 Points
Level 6, 13 Points
Notes
Description
"It's 1941, and tensions are rising in the United States as the Second World War rages in Europe. Eleven-year-old Gusta's life, like the world around her, is about to change. Her father, a foreign-born labor organizer, has had to flee the country, and Gusta has been sent to live in an orphanage run by her grandmother. Nearsighted, snaggletoothed Gusta arrives in Springdale, Maine, lugging her one precious possession: a beloved old French horn, her sole memento of her father. But in a family that's long on troubles and short on money, how can a girl hang on to something so valuable and yet so useless when Gusta's mill-worker uncle needs surgery to fix his mangled hand, with no union to help him pay? Inspired by her mother's fanciful stories, Gusta secretly hopes to find the coin-like "Wish" that her sea-captain grandfather supposedly left hidden somewhere. Meanwhile, even as Gusta gets to know the rambunctious orphans at the home, she feels like an outsider at her new school -- and finds herself facing patriotism turned to prejudice, alien registration drives, and a family secret likely to turn the small town upside down." -- Amazon.com
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG,6,13,194159.
Awards
A Junior Library Guild Selection.