| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
238 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Chiefly illustrations. |
| Audience |
Ages 10-14 Margaret Ferguson Books. |
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Grades 7-9 Margaret Ferguson Books. |
| Summary |
"Twelve-year-old Vonceil cannot wait for her older brother Elber to come home to the family farm in Oklahoma after serving on the front lines of World War I. But the young man who greets her at the train station is serious and responsible, not the fun-loving brother she remembers, and he doesn't have time for her anymore -- especially not after he marries his plain, boring childhood sweetheart. Soon after the wedding, glamorous, mysterious Greda arrives at the farm. She's followed Elber all the way back from Paris, and when she learns he's married another woman, she's furious. Revealing herself as a powerful salt witch, she dooms the farm by turning its only source of water, a spring, to crop-destroying salt water. Elber falls ill from the shock, so Vonceil strikes out on her own to confront Greda and life the curse. In this utterly unique graphic novel fairy tale, Vonceil travels through deserts, ghost towns, and her own family's past in her quest to set things right. The journey will change her in ways that can't be undone and teach her powerful lessons about sacrifice, love, and the importance of family." -- jacket. |
| Contents |
Homecoming -- Old Dell -- The lady in white -- Salt water -- A sacrificial pawn -- The lady of sere -- Scavengers -- Rocky candy -- Hospitality -- The magic of tears -- An uninvited guest -- About time -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Preteen girls -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
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Witches -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
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Siblings -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
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Blessing and cursing -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
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Farm life -- Oklahoma -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
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Quests (Expeditions) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
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Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile fiction.
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Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.
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Witches -- Fiction.
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Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.
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Farm life -- Oklahoma -- Fiction.
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Oklahoma -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Cartoons and comics.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical.
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JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Action & Adventure.
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Witches. (OCoLC)fst01176346
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Farm life. (OCoLC)fst00921052
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Blessing and cursing. (OCoLC)fst00834275
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Oklahoma. (OCoLC)fst01205031
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Fantasy comics. (OCoLC)fst01921655
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Comics (Graphic works) (OCoLC)fst01921613
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Action and adventure comics. (OCoLC)fst01921573
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Fantasy comics.
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Action and adventure comics.
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Historical comics.
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| Added Author |
Mock, Rebecca, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780823446209 (hardcover) |
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0823446204 (hardcover) |
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9780823450503 (paperback) |
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0823450503 (paperback) |
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