Twenty-dollar reward

Titre
Twenty-dollar reward

Jo. Shawyer

Sommaire
On her 12th birthday, Sarah Simmons decides she must find out why her birth mother abandoned her on the steps of the Collins' home 12 years earlier. With just the basket she was left in and some baby clothes as clues. Sarah and her cousin, James, try to unravel the mystery of her past. The story is set in London Township, Ontario, in 1870, and based on the actual abandonment of a baby on the doorstep of Edward Collins' home in 1858, as recorded in the minutes of a London Township Council meeting.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2008

Scholastic moving up with literacy place 4-6

Description matérielle
75 pages ; 20 cm.

Note générale
Balanced literacy.

Terme de vedette-matière
Reading materials.
 
Orphans -- Fiction

Résumé
On her 12th birthday, Sarah Simmons decides she must find out why her birth mother abandoned her on the steps of the Collins' home 12 years earlier. With just the basket she was left in and some baby clothes as clues. Sarah and her cousin, James, try to unravel the mystery of her past. The story is set in London Township, Ontario, in 1870, and based on the actual abandonment of a baby on the doorstep of Edward Collins' home in 1858, as recorded in the minutes of a London Township Council meeting.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780779177448

Informations de publication
Markham, ON : Scholastic Canada Ltd., 2008.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
KameyosekGR SHA LEVEL U/VBook30239000180045Guided Reading