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One Came Home


No. of pages 272

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Great for age 8-18 years
A Newbery Honor BookAn ALA-ALSC Notable Children's BookWinner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.Newbery Medalist Karen CushmanIn the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn't, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable bodywearing Agatha's blue-green ball gowneveryone assumes the worst.Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.From the Hardcover edition.

 

This book was recognised in the Tween category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award.

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Random House USA Inc .

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award.

Nevada Young Readers' Award
This book was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award.

Grand Canyon Reader Award
This book was recognised in the Tween category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award.

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.

Newbery Award
This book was recognised by the Newbery Award. The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Volunteer State Book Award
This book was recognised in the Middle School category by the Volunteer State Book Award.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award.

Beehive Award
This book was recognised in the YA category by the Beehive Award.

William Allen White Childens Book Award
This book was recognised in the Grades 6-8 category by the William Allen White Childens Book Award.

Edgar Allan Poe Award
This book was recognised by the The Edgars Award. The Edgars - or 'Edgar Allen Poe Award' - are presented annually by the members of the Mystery Writers of America to distinguished fiction and non-fiction works about crime, mystery and detection primarily by American authors.

Texas Lone Star
This book was recognised by the Texas Lone Star.

Society of Midland Authors Award
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Society of Midland Authors Award.

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