In rural Arkansas, seven-year-old farm boy Luke Chandler lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever.ĭescription: The gripping legal thriller from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author and creator of Sooley and The Judge's List. For six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and sometimes each other. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. It could be a "good crop." In rural Arkansas, seven-year-old farm boy Luke Chandler lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The cotton, however, was waist high to my father, almost over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with two weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless.
It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. She lives in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.ĭescription: The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. The Blue Ghost is her most recent book for this age group. She has also won the Kerlan Award for the body of her work. Marion Dane Bauer is the author of more than 40 books for children, including the Newbery Honor?winning book On My Honor and Rain of Fire, which won a Jane Adams Peace Association Award. A girl Emily's age lives on the painted walls-and she's dying for Emily to join her! Newbery Honor-winning author Marion Dane Bauer crafts an eerie story for young mystery lovers guaranteed to send shivers down their spines. But the playhouse is not as deserted as Emily first thought. Inside, the walls are painted to look just like the surrounding woods, right down to an identical white playhouse with blue shutters. Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readersĭescription: When Emily finds a locked playhouse in the woods, she can't resist peeking through the windows.
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