Status
Available
Local notes
PB Bya
Collection
Genres
Publication
Puffin Books (1982), 144 pages
Description
Left with his grandfather until his parents are settled in Detroit, Sammy learns to respect and love the old man as they care for an injured crane together.
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — 1975)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1975)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1975)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1974-1975)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 1973-1974)
Original language
English
Physical description
144 p.; 5.05 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member fuzzi
A short work about a young boy, allowed to do as he pleased, who finds himself left in the care of his grandfather, an eccentric who shares his home with a variety of wild fowls. The author portrays children well, creating interesting characters to inhabit her worlds.
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Pages
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