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The Secret School
Contributor(s): Avi (Author)

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ISBN: 0152046992     ISBN-13: 9780152046996
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2003
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Annotation: This two-time Newbery Medalist delivers an inspiring story of a headstrong girl determined to control her own destiny after her one-room schoolhouse in a remote Colorado town shuts down.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2001000629
Age Level: 8-11
Grade Level: 3-6
Lexile Measure: 610(Not Available)
Guided Reading: Q (Grade 4)
Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.02" W x 7.62" L (0.32 lbs) 157 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 3-6, 2004
Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee, Intermediate, 2004
Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 08/11/2003 pg. 282
Publishers Weekly 08/11/2003
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 52625
Reading Level: 4.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 3.0
 
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Publisher Description:
More than anything, Ida Bidson wants to become a teacher. To do that, she must finish eighth grade, then go on to high school. But her dream falters when the one-room school in her remote Colorado town shuts down. Her only hope is to keep the school open without anyone finding out. Yet even a secret school needs a teacher. Ida can't be it. . . . Or can she?
In the spirit of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Newbery Medal winner Avi creates an inspiring story of a headstrong girl determined to control her own destiny.

Contributor Bio(s): Avi: - AVI has written many acclaimed books for young readers, including The Secret School, The End of the Beginning, and A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End. His novel Crispin: The Cross of Lead was awarded the Newbery Medal, and Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle were named Newbery Honor books. He lives in Colorado.
 
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