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Home in the woods

During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tarpaper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes.

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Main Author: Wheeler, Eliza (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2019]
Subjects:
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > 1919-1933 > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tarpaper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
ISBN:9780399162909
0399162909
Author Notes:Eliza Wheeler grew up in northern Wisconsin in a family of teachers, musicians, and artists. Some of the strongest influences on her creativity have been the wild Wisconsin seasons, canoeing the Brule River, picking blueberries with her grandmother, and digging through the snow with her brothers. She received the SCBWI Los Angeles International Conference Portfolio Award for her artwork and Miss Maple's Seeds is her first picture book. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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