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Better to wish : the first generation
Title:
Better to wish : the first generation
Author:
Martin, Ann M., 1955-
ISBN:
9780545359429
Edition:
First edition
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Scholastic Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
226 pages ; 22 cm.
Series Term:
Family tree ;

bk. 1

bk. 1.
Summary:
In 1930 Abby Nichols is an eight-year-old girl growing up in Maine, but as the Depression deepens, and her mother dies, the responsibility of taking care of her family falls to her, and she has to put her dreams of going to college and becoming a writer on hold.
Lexile:
790L
Accelerated Reader:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 7.0 158546.
Subject Term:
Families -- Maine -- Juvenile fiction.

Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction.

Family life -- Maine -- Fiction.

Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction.
Geographic Term:
Maine -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
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