Grasshopper Summer Paperback - 2000
by Turner, Ann
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
In this dramatic story of the American frontier, a plague of locusts devastates an entire year's worth of crops. Written in Turner's finely honed, evocative style, "Grasshopper Summer" follows 11-year-old Sam and his family when they move from Kentucky to the Dakota Territory in 1874.
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- Title Grasshopper Summer
- Author Turner, Ann
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Publisher/
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Aladdin Paperbacks
- Date 2000
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0689835221I4N00
- ISBN 9780689835223 / 0689835221
- Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
- Dimensions 7.64 x 5.13 x 0.45 in (19.41 x 13.03 x 1.14 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 580
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Geographic Orientation: South Dakota
- Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life, South Dakota
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
In 1874, eleven-year-old Sam White and his family are moving from Kentucky to the Dakota Territory. These hardy pioneers know it will be hard work, but they don't expect the devastating plague that comes like an unstoppable force to sweep away all their hopes for the future. They will cope.
But they will never forget this grasshopper summer.
But they will never forget this grasshopper summer.
From the publisher
First line
I CROUCHED BESIDE the tarpaper shack.