A painted house
(Book - Regular Print)

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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2001].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2001].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.8, 19 Points
Lexile measure
780

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"The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a 'good crop'." Thus begins from author John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. For six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and, sometimes, each other. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever. This is a moving story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.
Target Audience
780 L,Lexile
Target Audience
780L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,5.8,19,SD,Quiz 46843,English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.8,19,46843.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,5.8,19,SD,Quiz 46843,English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, J. (2001). A painted house (First edition.). Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, John. 2001. A Painted House. Doubleday.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, John. A Painted House Doubleday, 2001.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Grisham, John. A Painted House First edition., Doubleday, 2001.

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