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A Penny for a Hundred
Ethel Pochocki
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Description for A Penny for a Hundred
hardcover. A Penny for a Hundred is beloved children's book author Ethel Pochocki's timeless tale of culture shock in rural Maine during the Second World War. A young girl's family enjoys a memorable Christmas Eve with a group of German POWs, and even amid the hardships of war, they find much to give each other. Num Pages: 32 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: YFC; YFT. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 10. Weight in Grams: 354.
A Penny for a Hundred is beloved children's book author Ethel Pockocki's timeless tale of culture shock in rural Maine during the Second World War. It is 1944 and nine-year-old Clare will finally be able to help with the potato harvest—up until now, she was only able to earn the "penny a hundred" her father paid her to pick potato bugs off the plants. But this year, with so many local men off fighting the war, German POWs are brought in to help with the harvest. Clare's not sure what to expect from the strangers, but it soon ... Read more
A Penny for a Hundred is beloved children's book author Ethel Pockocki's timeless tale of culture shock in rural Maine during the Second World War. It is 1944 and nine-year-old Clare will finally be able to help with the potato harvest—up until now, she was only able to earn the "penny a hundred" her father paid her to pick potato bugs off the plants. But this year, with so many local men off fighting the war, German POWs are brought in to help with the harvest. Clare's not sure what to expect from the strangers, but it soon ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Down East Books United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781608933112
SKU
V9781608933112
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Ethel Pochocki
Award-winning author Ethel Pochocki wrote many books for children, including The Attic Mice, Rosebud and Red Flannel, and Maine Marmalade. A long-time resident of Brooks, Maine, Ms. Pochocki died in December 2010. Artist and illustrator Mary Beth Owens collaborated with Ethel Pochocki on several books. Parenting magazine selected Owens's book A Caribou Alphabet as one of the ten best ... Read more
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