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Search for the Shadowman (Joan Lowery Nixon)
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Search for the Shadowman (Joan Lowery Nixon) Paper back - 1998

by Joan Lowery Nixon

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Twelve-year-old Andy Bonner isn't thrilled with his teacher's assignment to explore family history. When he starts asking questions about his ancestors, he is startled to discover a black sheep in the family tree. No one wants to reveal what happened in his family's past. But Andy is determined to break the silence. Casting his net widely, from the Internet to the local cemetery, Andy's search helps everyone realize it's never too late to seek justice. An IRA Teacher's Choice.

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  • Title Search for the Shadowman (Joan Lowery Nixon)
  • Author Joan Lowery Nixon
  • Binding Paper Back
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yearling, New York, N.Y
  • Date April 1998
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 184448
  • ISBN 9780440411284 / 0440411289
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.64 x 5.21 x 0.53 in (19.41 x 13.23 x 1.35 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 780
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-South
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Geographic Orientation: Texas
  • Library of Congress subjects Family, Genealogy
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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First line

"Why'd Mr. Hammergren give us such a dumb assignment?" Andy Thomas complained to his best friend, J.J. Andy impatiently kicked at a small rock.

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Twelve-year-old Andy Bonner isn't thrilled with his teacher's assignment to explore family history. When he starts asking questions about his ancestors, he is startled to discover a black sheep in the family tree. No one wants to reveal what happened in his family's past. But Andy is determined to break the silence. Casting his net widely, from the Internet to the local cemetery, Andy's search helps everyone realize it's never too late to seek justice.

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An Excerpt from Search for the Shadowman

        The minute the bell rang in history class the next morning, Mr. Hammergren
        asked, "How many of you have begun your interviews with relatives?"

        Lee Ann Dooley waved a hand. "I can't! My grandma in Florida just got
        married again and is off on a honeymoon. And my grandma who lives in a
        rest home can't remember much of anything."

        "Then ask your parents if they've heard any of your grandparents' stories.
        Go back as far as you can. Maybe your family history will begin when your
        parents were children."

        "Everyone else has grandparents." Lee Ann's lower lip curled outward.
        Her glance fixed on J.J. "Or even a great-grandparent."

        "Tell you what," Mr. Hammergren said. "I'll let you borrow my grandmother.
        She won't know any stories about your family, but she can tell you about
        riding streetcars when she visited the big city and canning vegetables
        and making jam and sewing all the clothes for a family of six girls..."

        Luke Martin raised his hand. "I've got a problem, Mr. Hammergren," he
        said. "When my mom's father was young, he got in a fight and went to jail.
        Mom said under no circumstances could I put that in my report."

        "I certainly don't expect you to include every single family story you
        discover," Mr. Hammergren said. "Record the best. Make your report interesting.
        And remember that it's better to leave some things out of the report."

        "Like the mystery man." Andy realized he had spoken aloud when some of
        the kids turned and looked at him.

        "What mystery man?" Lee Ann asked.

        Andy carefully gave his explanation. "He's one of my dad's relatives,
        from way back in the eighteen hundreds. His birthdate was listed in the
        family Bible, but then his name was crossed out. My great-aunt Winnie
        first said he never existed. Then she told me not to ask questions about
        him because she wouldn't answer them."

        "Then I'd suggest you forget this mystery relative," Mr. Hammergren said.
        "This report is not intended to cause family problems."

        But Andy's mind was on Coley Joe. He wasn't about to forget him.

        

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 05/26/1998, Page 0

About the author

Joan Lowery Nixon was the author of more than 130 books for young readers and was the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Best Young Adult Mystery Award. She received the award for The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore, The Sance, The Name of the Game Was Murder, and The Other Side of the Dark, which also won the California Young Reader Medal. Her historical fiction included the award-winning series The Orphan Train Adventures, Orphan Train Children, and Colonial Williamsburg: Young Americans.