The Coal Thief
Hardcover – Picture Book, November 17, 2015
SparkPress · Hardcover · November 17, 2015
Brrr!
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- Who it’s for
- A chilly historical adventure pairs child-sized trouble with the warmth of lessons learned.
- Themes
- Fuel poverty, Friendship and adventure, Learning from mischief
- Pacing
- Fast
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Brrr! Georgie wakes up to a freezing morning in 1920s Pennsylvania and gets the bad news that there is no coal to heat the farmhouse—and he knows there is no money to buy more, either. Just after he finds this out, along comes his friend Harley, who drags him off on an adventure to find some mysterious “black gold.” Before Georgie can catch his breath, he’s in a pile of trouble—all the way up to his ears!
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Take a trip back in time and join Georgie in this heartwarming tale of mischief made and lessons learned in America’s storied past. USA Best Book Awards: Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction, Finalist
Mischief in the Past
A chilly historical adventure pairs child-sized trouble with the warmth of lessons learned.
Come here for
- A child’s-eye glimpse of 1920s Pennsylvania
- Mischief with a heartwarming historical glow
Expect
- A freezing farmhouse and a search for “black gold”
- Trouble, followed by lessons learned
Where it sits
| 20th-Century U.S. | 92% |
|---|---|
| Country Life | 21% |
| Homelessness & Poverty | 21% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids' Fiction
- 20th-Century U.S.
- Navigating Peer Pressure
- Authors
- Alane Adams
- Publisher
- SparkPress
- Published
- November 17, 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Fuel poverty · Friendship and adventure · Learning from mischief
- Reading lane
- Kids' Fiction