Beverly Stowe McClure

A Family for Leona

Buch

Ten-year-old Leona Chapter doesn't understand why her papa left his sixchildren at the Brooklyn Home for Homeless Children after their mother'sdeath in 1921. Each day she prays he'll return and take his children home.God, however, isn't listening. Her brothers and sisters are either adoptedor run away, leaving only Leona and Baby Mildred in the orphanage. Leonapromises she and Mildred will be together for always. A promise she cannotkeep, for Leona, along with her friend Noah, who she defends from the bulliesHiram and Jehu, and several other orphans, are soon on a train headed toTexas, while her sister stays at the orphanage. Leona vows she'l… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-940310-44-2
EAN: 9781940310442
Produktnummer: 19910602
Verlag: 4RV Tweens & Teens
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 260 S.
Masse: H20.9 cm x B13.2 cm x D1.7 cm 387 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
Gewicht: 387

Über den Autor

Most of the time, you'll find Beverly Stowe McClure at her computer, typing stories young voices whisper in her ears. When she's not writing, she's snapping pictures of wildlife, flowers and clouds. She's sometimes known as the Bug Lady. She's not telling why.