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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1998
Faraway Summer
By Mary Azarian Johanna Hurwitz, Mary Azarian (Illustrator)
A city girl discovers unexpected connections in a rural summer escape.
3.9/5 Goodreads · 97 ratings
155 pages
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Bookroo's summary
In 1910, Dossi, a Jewish orphan from New York, is sent to a Vermont farm for a summer vacation. Amidst the vast skies and serene countryside, she yearns to befriend Emma, the reserved daughter of her host family. As Dossi fills her journal with reflections, she uncovers the surprising closeness between her world and this new one. Can she bridge the gap between their differences and find friendship in unexpected places?
From the publisher
In the summer of 1910, Dossi is surprised and terrified to discover that her sister is sending her to a Vermont farm on a charity-sponsored vacation. The landscape and the people of Vermont are very different from her urban Jewish tenement, but Dossi is enchanted by the big blue sky and the peaceful countryside. She longs to make Emma Meade, the brooding daughter of her Christian host family, her friend, and she fills a journal with her thoughts, fears, and impressions of a universe very different from her own. And soon Dossi begins to realize that, sometimes, worlds apart are not so far away from each other after all. 01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 4-6)
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 155
- Reading age
- 8–12
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Lexile
- 730L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.59
- F&P level
- ~Q
- AR points
- 3
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 25230
Publication
- Published
- August 1, 2000
- First published
- January 1, 1998
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780756903305
- OCLC
- 45306204
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