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Our only May Amelia / by Jennifer L. Holm.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperTrophy, 2000, ©1999.Edition: First Harper Trophy editionDescription: 253 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0064408566
  • 9780064408561
  • 0060278226
  • 9780060278229
  • 9781439502693
  • 1439502692
  • 9781439502693
  • 1439502692
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
My brother Wilbert tells me -- There ain't no gentlemen on the Nasel -- There are miracles and there are sheeps -- No kind of a brother -- Grandmother tries our patience -- Dt How to be a proper young lady -- Bad days indeed -- Mothers grow up young here -- What happened on the Smith Island -- The things I have seen -- A sorry girl indeed -- A lucky doll -- Happy to be here.
Awards:
  • Newbery Honor Book, 2000, ALA Notable Children's Book, 2000.
Summary: As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Holm Jennifer Available 33111008764421
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The beloved Newbery Honor book by the author of The Fourteenth Goldfish, about a spirited heroine growing up with trying circumstances, a sense of adventure, and tremendous heart.

It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899. It's particularly hard when you are the only girl ever born in the new settlement.

With seven older brothers and a love of adventure, May Amelia Jackson just can't seem to abide her family's insistence that she behave like a Proper Young Lady. She's sure she could do better if only there were at least one other girl living along the banks of the Nasel River. And now that Mama's going to have a baby, maybe there's hope.

Inspired by the diaries of her great-aunt, the real May Amelia, three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Jennifer Holm gives a beautifully crafted tale of one young girl whose unique spirit captures the courage, humour, passion and depth of the American pioneer experience.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253).

My brother Wilbert tells me -- There ain't no gentlemen on the Nasel -- There are miracles and there are sheeps -- No kind of a brother -- Grandmother tries our patience -- Dt How to be a proper young lady -- Bad days indeed -- Mothers grow up young here -- What happened on the Smith Island -- The things I have seen -- A sorry girl indeed -- A lucky doll -- Happy to be here.

As the only girl in a Finnish American family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in 1899.

Ages 9 up.

Newbery Honor Book, 2000, ALA Notable Children's Book, 2000.

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