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To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community.
Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.
Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.
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JANEY LARKIN PAUSED ON THE TOP STEP OF THE SHACK AND looked down at her shadow.
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- Title Blue Willow
- Author Doris Gates
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, New York
- Publication date 1976-09-30
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780140309249 / 0140309241
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
- Age range 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 920
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- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Poverty, California
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 40032435
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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