Alida's Song
by Gary Paulsen
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good - Trade
- ISBN 10
- 0440414741
- ISBN 13
- 9780440414742
- Seller
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Bountiful, Utah, United States
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Synopsis
A remarkable novel about one of the most important and loving relationships in Gary Paulsen's life.The wonderful grandmother seen through the eyes of a young boy in The Cookcamp reaches out to him at 14, offering him a haven from his harsh and painful family life. She arranges a summer job for him on the farm where she is a cook for Olaf and Gunnar, elderly brothers. Farm life offers the camaraderie and routine of hard work, good food, peaceful evenings spent making music together, even learning to dance. Life with Alida gives the boy strength and faith in himself, drawing him away from the edge and into the center of life.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Garden (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 748053
- Title
- Alida's Song
- Author
- Gary Paulsen
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Trade
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440414741
- ISBN 13
- 9780440414742
- Publisher
- Yearling
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- April 2001
- Pages
- 96
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- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...