Jake's orphan / Peggy Brooke.
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TextPublication details: New York : DK Inc., 2000.Edition: 1st edDescription: 261 p. ; 22 cmISBN: - 0789426285
- [Fic] 21
- PZ7.B78975 Jak 2000
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Brooke, Margaret | Available | 33111003669385 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
More than anything, Tree longs to escape the orphanage and find a home for himself and his brother. But when his chance finally comes, the Gundersons want only one boy to help work their farm. "I promise", Tree tells his wild, reckless brother, Acorn. "If I don't come back, I'll send for you".
Tree hopes hard work will win over dour Delton Gunderson, but he finds the farmer as harsh and unrelenting in his criticism as the prairie wind. As weeks turn into months, Tree's solemn promise seems impossible to keep. It's only Gunderson's own brother, Jake, and his kind ways that give Tree hope that this can become home -- until Acorn suddenly appears, threatening everything.
Set in 1926 on the untamed North Dakota prairie, this is the story of one young boy's struggle to win the respect of the harsh inhabitants of a harsh land. What he learns of cruelty and unexpected kindness, of loyalty and thoughtless betrayal, of blustering cowardice and quiet courage help him unlock the secrets of who he is andwho he dares to become.
When taken from an orphanage to work on a farm in North Dakota in 1926, twelve-year-old Tree searches for a home not only for himself but also for his irrepressible younger brother.