Blue Willow
Blue Willow
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Blue Willow

Written by Doris Gates
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9 - 12
Reading age
176
Page count
920L
Lexile measure
Sep 30, 1976
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To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn’t have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community. Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780140309249
    Publication Date
    September 30, 1976
    Publisher
    Puffin Books
    Page Count
    176
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    9 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    40032435
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    4694874
    Lexile® Level
    920L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~V
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~6

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