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Ellen's Story Original Edition
Contributor(s): Kirby, Susan (Author), Andreasen, Dan (Illustrator)

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 ISBN: 0689809697     ISBN-13: 9780689809699
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
OUR PRICE: $9.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2000
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Annotation: Ellen, growing up on an Illinois farm in 1830, doesn't realize how much her stepmother has come to mean to her until clashes between Ellen's father and stepbrother threaten to tear the new family apart.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 00107117
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Series: American Quilts (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5" W x 8.08" L (0.47 lbs) 192 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 60710
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
A family, like a quilt, can be pieced together in many ways. And a quilt, like a family, is reach with stories. Lacey's great-grandmother has a trunkful of family quilts, and stories, she loves to share with Lacey. And the stories the old quilts tell help Lacey understand not only the generations that have come before her, but her own family as well.

Take Ellen, Lacey's great-great-great-great-grandmother, growing up on an Illinois farm in 1830. Ellen asks her father to bring her some blue calico; instead, he brings her a new stepmother, Julia, and Julia's difficult son, Silas. It isn't until clashes between Silas and Ellen's father threaten to tear her new family apart that Ellen realizes how much Julia has come to mean to her -- but is it too late to save her patchwork family?

Contributor Bio(s): Andreasen, Dan: - Dan Andreasen is the illustrator of numerous picture books, including By the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner by Steven Kroll, which was named an ABA Kids' Pick of the Lists and a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood; and Sailor Boy Jig by Margaret Wise Brown. He has also authored several picture books, including With a Little Help from Daddy and A Special Day for Mommy. Dan lives with his family in Medina, Ohio.
 
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