Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Puffin Books (2000), Edition: Reprint, 64 pages
Description
Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants. Includes an afterword with facts about Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she founded.
User reviews
LibraryThing member lweddle
Three VERY short stories about Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she started in 1923. What she did is amazing and wonderful, very inspiring, and a story that I was not at all familiar with. I heartily recommend it to any young readers. I am curious to read Mary Breckinridge's
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autobiography, Wide Neighborhoods, which had sparked Rosmary Wells to write this book. Show Less
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Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2001)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2001)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2001)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 2000)
Cardinal Cup (Noteworthy — 1999)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2000-2001)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2001)
Christopher Award (1999)
CCBC Choices (1998)
Great Reads from Great Places (2002, 2007)
Teacher Favorites Award (1999)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1998
Physical description
64 p.; 5.06 inches
ISBN
9780141308159