Blue / Joyce Moyer Hostetter.
When teenager Ann Fay takes over as "man of the house" for her absent soldier father, she struggles to keep the family and herself together in the face of personal tragedy and the 1940s polio epidemic in North Carolina.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781590783894
- ISBN: 1590783891
- ISBN: 9781451712070
- ISBN: 1451712073
- ISBN: 9781590788356
- ISBN: 1590788354
- Physical Description: 197 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st edition.
- Publisher: Honesdale, PA : Boyds Mills Press, 2006.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Publisher and pagination may vary.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- War hits home -- Victory garden -- Wisteria mansion -- Polio! -- Bobby -- Epidemiologists -- Bobby's toys -- Outcasts! -- Hickory daily record -- Hospital visit -- Pete -- Hearse comes back -- Funeral -- Plan -- Escape -- Tough as hickory -- Colored girl -- Hospital -- Bottle collection -- Imogene's people -- Muddy wide river -- Visiting day -- Wheelchair -- "Miracle of hickory" -- Charlotte memorial -- President -- Victory!
- Target Audience Note:
- 780L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 4.9 7.0 113347.Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 4.9 7 113347.Reading Counts RC 6-8 4.5 13 Quiz: 40450 Guided reading level: S.
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Available copies
- 142 of 152 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 152 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | J FIC HOS (Text) | 30229101075025 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Mars Hill Library | J FIC HOS BMS1 (Text) | 30229101075033 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
