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Much Ado About Grubstake
Jean Ferris
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9780152057060 Hardcover
0152057064
$17.00
272pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Copyright Year:
2006
Territory:
World
Ages: 10 years and up |
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Synopsis |
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Grubstake is a grubby down-on-its-luck mining town filled with grubby down-on-their-luck miners. So when a decidedly nongrubby city slicker shows up and offers to buy the tapped-out mines, the miners are sorely tempted. But not Arley, the brash sixteen-year-old girl who runs the boardinghouse. No, Arley smells a rat. What could some fancy-britches rascal want with empty mines? Is there more in those desolate pits than the Grubs realize?
Like Jean Ferris’s popular Once Upon a Marigold, this lighthearted, endearingly goofy story is packed with quirky, lovable characters and piercing insights.
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Biography |
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JEAN FERRIS has written more than a dozen popular books for teens, including the award-winning Once Upon a Marigold. Honors for her books include several ALA Best Books for Young Adults distinctions and a YALSA Teens' Top Ten Best Books award. She lives in San Diego, California.
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General Subjects |
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Juvenile Fiction- Social Situations/Self-Esteem & Self-Rel
Juvenile Fiction- Girls & Women
Juvenile Fiction- General
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Curriculum Themes |
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| Images of Strong Women |
Social Situations- Problem Solving
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Social Situations- Self Esteem & Confidence
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Rights Details |
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Harcourt Children's Books
A Division ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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