Strawberry Girl 60th Anniversary Edition
A Newbery Award Winner
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 26, 2005
Rediscover this Newbery Medal–winning classic, a favorite of generations.
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- Who it’s for
- A grounded story of farm hardships and the kindness that can soften neighborly conflict.
- Themes
- Farm life and hardship, Neighborly love and kindness
- Genres
- Farm & Ranch Life, 20th-Century U.S., The Classics
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Rediscover this Newbery Medal–winning classic, a favorite of generations. Strawberries—big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps.
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And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud. The land was theirs, but so were its hardships. Teachers, grandparents, and homeschooling families continue to reach for Lois Lenski's Strawberry Girl. As one fan commented, a reason for its continued success is that it's "a touching, realistic tale of the power of neighborly love and kindness."
Farm Life, Close Up
A grounded story of farm hardships and the kindness that can soften neighborly conflict.
Come here for
- Weather, work, and the hope of a new farm
- A child’s eagerness meeting the realities of rural life
Expect
- A realistic, warmly human tone
- Neighborly tensions alongside moments of kindness
Where it sits
| 20th-Century U.S. | 38% |
|---|---|
| Farm & Ranch Life | 37% |
| The Classics | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Family Stories
- Parent-Child Stories
- 19th-Century U.S.
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- Farm & Ranch Life
- U.S. Stories
- Christian Historical Stories
- Homelessness & Poverty
- Authors
- Lois Lenski
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 26, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Farm life and hardship · Neighborly love and kindness
- Reading lane
- The Classics