The Long Ride Home
Publisher: JourneyForth
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Greenville, SC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781628564457
Copyright date: 2017
Notes: "Ages 9-12" - back cover.
"JourneyForth Books is a division of BJU Press" - Title page verso.
Publisher no. 512913 (JourneyForth)
Table of contents: title: New York City, 1929 : I felt the train before I saw it; title: By afternoon, the houses became fewer and farther between; title: The engine hissed, and the train slowed; title: The line of children snaked around the dining room; title: The long night wore on; title: Theodore turned the car around; title: After lunch, we had a rest time; title: "Another piece of chicken?"; title: I leaned my head against Bossy's side and grasped the teat; title: All the rest of the day I wanted to ask when Mr. Carter would be back; title: By the time we stopped for lunch, my head was spinning with numbers and words and letters; title: Mr. Vogel called me when it was still dark; title: I watched a robin carrying twigs to the tree outside the classroom window; title: At school on Friday morning we began with the Bible reading, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a song; title: Monday morning Mr. Vogel left early to plow the north field; title: Only one week remained until our program at school; title: Mr. Vogel took off his hat and ran his fingers through his hair; title: My feet thumped onto the chilly wood floor; title: Turn the other cheek; title: "Mrs. Vogel! Mrs. Vogel, he's hurt bad; title: The next morning, Mr. Vogel's voice didn't come booming up the stairs; title: The next morning I woke to the smell of sausage; title: I woke Friday morning to a new sound