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Crow-Girl
Contributor(s): Bredsdorff, Bodil (Author)

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ISBN: 0374400032     ISBN-13: 9780374400033
Publisher: Fsg Bfyr
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2006
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Annotation: After the death of her grandmother, a young orphaned girl leaves her house by the cove and begins a journey that leads her to people and experiences that exemplify the wisdom her grandmother had shared with her. An ALA Notable Book and a "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Alternative Family
- Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 810(Not Available)
Series: Children of Crow Cove
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.2" W x 7.7" L (0.28 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
- Topical - Death/Dying
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/20/2006 pg. 62
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 76666
Reading Level: 5.2   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 4.0
 
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Publisher Description:

A timeless novel about the kindness of strangers

Near a little cove where a brook runs out to the sea live a girl and her grandmother. All alone with no neighbors at all, the two lead a peaceful existence. They have a house, dine on sea kale and mussels and sand snails, and build fires from driftwood. But the grandmother is very old. When the time comes that the girl must bury the woman, she makes up a funeral song about the birds she is watching: Two crows never fly alone, and death is never, ever past. The next day the same crows seem to beckon her, and so the Crow-Girl begins her journey, one in which she will meet people both warm and cold, hurt and hurtful. And the Crow-Girl, before she knows it, has the makings before her of a new family . . .

This lyrical story, with its characters' moments of darkness always overcome through incredible humanity, introduces a strong new voice for American readers.


Contributor Bio(s): Bredsdorff, Bodil: - Bodil Bredsdorff is a popular Danish children's book author. She is the author of many books for children, including the Children of Crow Cove Series: The Crow-Girl, a Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and an ALA Notable; Eidi, a Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book; Tink; and Alek. Bodil Bredsdorff lives in Hundested, Denmark.
 
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