The Ballad of Lucy Whipple.
by Karen Cushman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Houghton Mifflin Company: Clarion Books, 1996. Hardcover First Edition [1996]; First Printing indicated. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First Edition [1996]; First Printing indicated. Very Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ. Book shows just a hint of shelfwear along bottom edge of cloth-covered boards; Binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows barely discernible wear at upper front corner tip; price intact; mylar-protected. Just about 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 208pp. Hardback with DJ. Karen Cushman helps the American Gold Rush spring to colorful life, just as she did for medieval England in her previous two books, Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice, which won Newbery Honor status and a Newbery Medal respectively. For ages 8-12. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
Synopsis
In 1849 a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town. There Lucy helps run a boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to return "home."
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 45465
- Title
- The Ballad of Lucy Whipple.
- Author
- Karen Cushman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [1996]; First Printing indicated.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company: Clarion Books,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1996.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Young Adult Fiction; Juvenile; Chapter Books; Juvenile Fiction;
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