Blue Willow
What's Blue Willow About
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
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 1940
- 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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