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Worth

After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse.

Main Author: LaFaye, A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > Nebraska > Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Nebraska > History > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse.
Physical Description: 144 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0689857306 (hardcover)
Author Notes: A. LaFaye (the "A" is for Alexandria) is the author of Worth , for which she received the Scott O'Dell Award, as well as The Year of the Sawdust Man, Nissa's Place, The Strength of Saints, Edith Shay, Strawberry Hill, and Dad, in Spirit. She teaches at California State University at San Bernardino during the school year and at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, in the summer. She lives in Cabot, Arkansas.

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