The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia a novel
1938, eleven-year-old Gladys Cailiff watches as her new teacher, Miss Grace Spivey, puts the entire town in an uproar. Miss Spivey has some unusual teaching methods, which include reading from her multi-volume set of The Thousand Nights and a Night. But when Miss Spivey revives an old festival and t...
| Main Author: | Stefaniak, Mary Helen. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.,
c2010.
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| Summary: |
1938, eleven-year-old Gladys Cailiff watches as her new teacher, Miss Grace Spivey, puts the entire town in an uproar. Miss Spivey has some unusual teaching methods, which include reading from her multi-volume set of The Thousand Nights and a Night. But when Miss Spivey revives an old festival and turns the town into a replica of Baghdad, the lives of Gladys and everyone around her are touched. |
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| Physical Description: |
342 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780393341133 0393341135 |
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