Plain Girl
Plain Girl
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Harcourt
Annotation: Despite her father's objections, a young Amish girl secretly looks forward to attending public school where she makes a best friend and gains a new perspective on her family's way of life.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #4695805
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Harcourt
Copyright Date: 1955
Edition Date: 2003 Release Date: 08/01/03
Illustrator: Geer, Charles,
Pages: 151 pages
ISBN: 0-15-204725-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-15-204725-2
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2003049938
Dimensions: 20 cm.
Language: English
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Horn Book (Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2003)

A girl and her dog don life jackets and set out in a canoe. The wildlife takes an interest in this "one-dog canoe," each animal after the next asking, "Can I come, too?" One beaver, loon, wolf, bear, and moose later, the canoe is still afloat--until a frog hops aboard. Casanova's spunky narrator and rhythmic rhyming text and Hoyt's personality-rich characterizations create what's sure to be a read-aloud favorite.

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Horn Book (Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2003)
Word Count: 29,218
Reading Level: 4.8
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.8 / points: 4.0 / quiz: 7688 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:4.9 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q09186
Guided Reading Level: Q
Fountas & Pinnell: Q

An Amish girl, Esther feels like "one black bird against the sky" in her plain clothes. So when she's forced to attend public school she's terrified. She fears the new world she must enter, fears the way she sticks out next to other kids, and--most of all--fears she may do what her brother did: run away and join the sinful but great wide world she's only just discovering.


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