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Keeping Safe the Stars
Contributor(s): O'Connor, Sheila (Author)

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ISBN: 0142427586     ISBN-13: 9780142427583
Publisher: Puffin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 10-UP
Grade Level: 5-UP
Lexile Measure: 650 HL (High-Low)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.6" L (0.50 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Topical - Self-Esteem
- Topical - Family
- Geographic Orientation - Minnesota
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 155700
Reading Level: 4.0   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:
When crisis hits, a young girl becomes the only one left to take care of her family

Pride, Nightingale and Baby are the Stars. Orphaned and living with their grandfather, Old Finn, in rural Minnesota, the children, like their grandfather, are wary of outsiders. They believe, as Old Finn taught them, in self-reliance.

But then Old Finn falls seriously ill and is taken to the hospital all the way in Duluth, leaving the children to fend for themselves. Pride, as oldest, assumes the lead. Though she makes mistakes, she keeps them afloat; they even earn money for the bus trip to Duluth. But when they finally see Old Finn, he can't walk or even say his own name, and Pride knows her days of keeping safe the Stars are drawing to a close. Self-reliance can't make Old Finn well again. But maybe, just maybe, a secret from Old Finn's past might make a way for them to stay together after all.

A poignant story about family and love, Sheila O'Connor has delivered another extraordinary and mesmerizing tale.

 
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