Author: |
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Katherine Paterson
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Title: |
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Jip His Story |
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No copies available |
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Published in: |
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English |
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Hardcover |
Pages: |
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181 |
Date: |
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1997-01-01 |
ISBN: |
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0590263285 |
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Scholastic Inc |
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0.45 pounds |
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0.8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches |
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Previous givers: |
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2 Mary Abbott (USA: ME), Donna (USA: MA) |
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2 JDame (USA: ME), operationpaperback (USA: MA) |
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Product Description
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After Jip is sent to live in a poor town, he makes his living by tending to the animals on the farm, but his quiet life is disturbed when a strange man comes around claiming he knows Jip's father.
Amazon.com Review
When an aged lunatic named Putnam arrives at a poorhouse farm in rural Vermont in 1855, he is treated as little more than a beast by everyone except the orphan Jip, who himself arrived at the charity orphanage/asylum after being found abandoned by the roadside. Jip and Putnam become friends, then allies of a sort, as Jip struggles to improve his own lot and that of his friend Lucy, the unfortunate daughter of the late town drunk. This historical tale by Katherine Paterson involves its young protagonist in the great 19th century struggle between slave owners and abolitionists while sending him into a test of his own loyalty and courage. Paterson handles weighty issues with grace and verve, and does not shrink from terrible truths in this challenging novel for young readers.
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http://bookmooch.com/0590263285 |
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