| Description |
224 pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience |
950 Lexile. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection |
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ALA Notable Books for Children, 2010. |
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Newbery Honor Book, 2010. |
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Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 5.6 7. |
| Summary |
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War. |
| Contents |
The meanest man in Maine -- Muddy blues -- The wretched lie -- The dark of the world -- Bears as big as boulders -- The worst smell ever -- The man in the sack -- Pancakes in heaven -- Quaker talk -- When the river cries like a baby -- The weasel comes a-calling -- The door in the dirt -- A wagonload of hope -- The hungry mouse -- Train to glory -- Frank T. Nibbly, entirely at your service -- Message for Homer Figg -- The smell of pigs -- The amazing pig boy -- The caravan of miracles -- Boiled by Indians -- The secret in the wagons -- The sound of guns -- Three oinks for Homer Pig -- See the elephant and die -- The terrible black wagons -- The mad balloon man -- Like a squirrel up a tree -- Like a bird with a broken wing -- When the screaming comes inside -- On the terrible first day of July -- Things best forgot -- M is for mutineer -- One small hill -- Even when they're dead -- What happened in the end -- Some additional Civil War facts, opinions, slang & definitions, to be argued, debated & cogitated upon. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.6 7.0 127487. |
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Reading Counts RC 3-5 7.4 11 Quiz: 45617 Guided reading level: X. |
| Subject |
American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
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Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Brothers -- Fiction.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 19th Century.
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Brothers. (OCoLC)fst00839665
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Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Orphans -- Fiction.
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Brothers -- Fiction.
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United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Fiction.
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Adventure fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1865
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921574
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Adventure fiction.
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Action and adventure fiction.
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Young Adult Fiction.
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| Added Title |
Homer P. Figg |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Philbrick, W.R. (W. Rodman). Mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg. New York : Blue Sky Press, ©2009 (OCoLC)743036775 |
| ISBN |
9780439668187 (reinforced) |
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0439668182 (reinforced) |
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9780439668217 |
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0439668212 |
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9780329728656 |
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0329728652 |
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