 |
|
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0689866860
ISBN-13: 9780689866869
Jun 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens
162 pages
Grade:
From 4 to 6
Language: English |
|
|
| * Actual items for sale may vary from the above information and image. |
|
|
|
|
* ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location.
|
|
* ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location.
|
|
 |
|
Synopsis
A small-town mystery, kindness, and a one-room schoolhouse are at the center of this middle-grade novel. Sixth grader Ted Hammond, a friendly kid with a taste for reading mysteries, comes across a real one in his tiny Nebraska town: one day, on his paper route, he sees a face staring out of the window of an abandoned house. Fascinated, Ted sets about discovering who lives there using his Boy Scout and detective skills. With B&W line drawings., Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town's one-room schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family. Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains in western Nebraska, everyone understands that if you lose the school, you lose the town. But the mystery that has Ted's full attention at the moment is about that face, the face he sees in the upper window of the Andersons' house as he rides past on his paper route. The Andersons moved away two years ago, and their old farmhouse is empty, boarded up tight. At least it's supposed to be. A shrinking school in a dying town. A face in the window of an empty house. At first these facts don't seem to be related. But Ted Hammond learns that in a very small town, there's no such thing as an isolated event. And the solution of one mystery is often the beginning of another.
| Size | | Length: | 162 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Once again Clements captures real people and real issues, as he shapes another fine work of fiction."
(06/12/2006)
"All the elements Clements fans have come to expect are here, including a deft hand with the school story, realistically complicated relationships between students and teachers, and good-hearted and sincere main characters."
(09/01/2006)
"Once again, Clements offers readers an intelligent protagonist, trustworthy adults, an interesting school situation and a real-life problem in a story that moves swiftly enough even for reluctant readers."
(06/01/2006)
|
|
 |
|
| If you likeRoom One, you may also enjoy: |
|
|
|
|
Sell your stuff
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
All rights reserved.
