Boy Who Saved Cleveland

Contributor(s): Giblin, James Cross (Author), Dooling, Michael (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781627790697

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

Binding Types:

Paperback

$17.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$30.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$29.74 (100+ copies: $28.99)

List/retail price:

$17.99

Pub Date: April 4, 2006

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2005021695

Lexile Code: 0740

Features: Illustrated

Target Age Group: 08 to 12

Physical Info: 0.19" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 0.28 lbs) 80 pages

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Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000105495 ( Boy Who Saved Cleveland)

Reading level: 4.60

Interest level: LG

Point value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: During a malaria epidemic in late eighteenth-century Cleveland, Ohio, ten-year-old Seth Doan surprises his family, his neighbors, and himself by having the strength to carry and grind enough corn to feed everyone.

Brief description: James Cross Giblin is the author of many prestigious nonfiction books for children, including The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. He grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and now lives in New York City.

Review Quotes: "Young readers will enjoy the clear writing and plot-driven pace. Dooling's full-page pencil-on-paper illustrations convey the time period as well as the emotional tone." - School Library Journal