A house far from home
By: Budge Wilson.
Series: Literacy place -- Gr. 4
Publisher: Scholastic Canada Ltd.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Markham, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Language arts.; English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Readers (Elementary); Young adult fiction -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Family -- Juvenile fiction.; Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.; Love -- Juvenile fiction.
Description: Lorinda and James have just arrived in Peterborough to stay with uncle Harry and aunt Marian while the rest of the the Dauphinees go to Texas. And already they're expecting the worst. Aunt Marian never says anything cheerful .. and uncle Harry never says anything at all. It's not that they're ogres, or even mean. But how can Lorinda and James last for six whole months withour ever being loved?
Notes: First published 1986.

Approved for use in Ontario schools 1999, Grade 4 Language Arts (English).

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