Worth / A. LaFaye.

Author/creator LaFaye, A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ©2004.
Description144 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Lightning in the grass -- Clearing the fog -- Boy is worth -- dunce goes to school -- Fences inside and out -- Done with the world -- Evil in dark truth -- Weight of guilt -- Inviting in and letting go -- Flower with slices for petals -- Cutting fences, building ties -- War and myths -- Words through the walls -- Running and blood -- Death and doorways -- Tears that bind -- Cattle and changes -- What we learn -- Fence cutting.
Abstract 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.
Interest age level 8-12.
LCCN 2003008101
ISBN0689857306 (hardcover)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner TRC Fiction F L1315W ✔ Available Place Hold