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500 a| This book was originally published in hardcover by The Blue Sky Press in 2009.;

500 a| Includes civil war facts pages 213-218.;

500 a| Includes After Words: bonus interview, information, and interactivity inside.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| The meanest man in Maine -- Muddy blues -- The wretched lie -- The dark of the world -- Bears as big as boulders -- The worst smell ever -- The man in the sack -- Pancakes in heaven -- Quaker talk -- When the river cries like a baby -- The weasel comes a-calling -- The door in the dirt -- A wagonload of hope -- The hungry mouse -- Train to glory -- Frank T. Nibbly, entirely at your service -- Message for Homer Figg -- The smell of pigs -- The amazing pig boy -- The caravan of miracles -- Boiled by Indians -- The secret in the wagons -- The sound of guns -- Three oinks for Homer Pig -- See the elephant and die -- The terrible black wagons -- The mad balloon man -- Like a squirrel up a tree -- Like a bird with a broken wing -- When the screaming comes inside -- On the terrible first day of July -- Things best forgot -- M is for mutineer -- One small hill -- Even when they're dead -- What happened in the end -- Some additional Civil War facts, opinions, slang & definitions, to be argued, debated & cogitated upon.;

520 a| Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.;

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The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg / Rodman Philbrick.

Author/creator	Philbrick, W. R.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Scholastic, [2011], ©2009.
Description	218 pages ; 19 cm
Subjects	Orphans--Juvenile fiction. Civil war--Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories. Brothers--Juvenile fiction. United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Juvenile fiction.

Contents	The meanest man in Maine -- Muddy blues -- The wretched lie -- The dark of the world -- Bears as big as boulders -- The worst smell ever -- The man in the sack -- Pancakes in heaven -- Quaker talk -- When the river cries like a baby -- The weasel comes a-calling -- The door in the dirt -- A wagonload of hope -- The hungry mouse -- Train to glory -- Frank T. Nibbly, entirely at your service -- Message for Homer Figg -- The smell of pigs -- The amazing pig boy -- The caravan of miracles -- Boiled by Indians -- The secret in the wagons -- The sound of guns -- Three oinks for Homer Pig -- See the elephant and die -- The terrible black wagons -- The mad balloon man -- Like a squirrel up a tree -- Like a bird with a broken wing -- When the screaming comes inside -- On the terrible first day of July -- Things best forgot -- M is for mutineer -- One small hill -- Even when they're dead -- What happened in the end -- Some additional Civil War facts, opinions, slang & definitions, to be argued, debated & cogitated upon.
Abstract	Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
General note	This book was originally published in hardcover by The Blue Sky Press in 2009.
General note	Includes civil war facts pages 213-218.
General note	Includes After Words: bonus interview, information, and interactivity inside.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Interest grade level	Grades 5-8
Audience	950 Lexile
Awards note	Newbery Honor Book, 2010.
Genre/form	Juvenile works.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Adventure fiction.
ISBN	9780439668217
ISBN	0439668212
Stock number	Scholastic Paperbacks, C/O Harpercollins Attn: Order Processing 1000 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 200-2086

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