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Red-Dirt Jessie

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By Anna Myers
Publisher Puffin Books
Red-Dirt Jessie
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From the author of Tulsa Burning and Stolen by the SeaA farm can be a lonely place when its filled with grief and worry. After Jessies little sister dies, her father just gives up on life. Caring about nothing, he sits and rocks all day long in grandmothers old chair. With her mother struggling to keep the family afloat during the hard days of the dusty Depression, it is up to Jessie to breathe some life back into her family. But how can a twelveyearold girl pull her father out of his chair and back to the land of the living? The answer comes to her in the form of Ring, a onehundredpound dog that was abandoned on a neighboring farm. Wary of people, Ring refuses to accept Jessies friendship or assistance. But Jessie is determined to win Rings trust. She just knows that if she can tame a fine dog like Ring, together they will have the power to heal her fathers broken spirit.Myers writes with a rare understanding of a young girls highs and lows. The simplicity of the language goes right to the heart. Kirkus ReviewsAn author worth keeping an eye on. . . This is a wellwritten, spare story. School Library Journal

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21795 words21,795 words
128 pages128 pages
Lexile 720LLexile 720L
Grade 3 to 7Grade 3 to 7
Age 8-12Age 8-12
Published 1997Published 1997

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Book ISBN:

014038734X

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