The Great Wheel
The Great Wheel

The Great Wheel

Written by Robert Lawson
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9 - 12
Reading age
192
Page count
181
Words per page
990L
Lexile measure
Oct 1, 2004
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Newbery Honor book Your fortune lies to the west. Keep your face to the sunset . . . and one day you’ll ride the greatest wheel in all the world. When Aunt Honora reads this fortune in his tea leaves, Conn Kilroy knows he is destined for greater things than his small Irish village can offer. A letter from his uncle Michael in America offering Conn a partnership in his New York contracting company sets Conn on his western adventure. Just a few short months later Conn’s Uncle Patrick lures him even farther west to Chicago, where they join the hardworking crew building what some called Ferris’s Folly-the first Ferris wheel-then the largest wheel in the world and the showpiece of Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.

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      Robert Lawson

      Robert Lawson (1892-1957) received his art training at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. His favorite medium, pen and ink, is used expressively and with detail in his black and white illustrations in The Story of Ferdinand (by Munro Leaf). In addition to illustrating many children’s books, including Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Robert Lawson also wrote and illustrated a number of his own books for children. In 1940, he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his picture book illustrations in They Were Strong and Good and in 1944, he was awarded the Newbery Medal for his middle grade novel Rabbit Hill.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780802777058
    Publication Date
    October 1, 2004
    Publisher
    Bloomsbury USA Childrens
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 1957
    Page Count
    192
    Words Per Page
    181
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    9 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2004061182
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    824103108
    Lexile® Level
    990L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~X
    ATOS® Book Level
    6.5
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    6
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    161090
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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