Worth值得
分類: 图书,少儿,少儿原版书,
作者： A. LaFaye著
出 版 社： 家庭电子杂志社
出版时间： 2006-5-1字数：版次： 1页数： 144印刷时间：开本： 32开印次： 1纸张：I S B N ： 9781416916246包装： 平装内容简介
Grade 5-8–As 11-year-old Nathaniel rushes to bring in hay ahead of an approaching thunderstorm, his leg is crushed beneath a wagon when the team of horses, spooked by lightning, lurches out of control. His father brings one more conflict to their late-19th-century Nebraska homestead in the person of John Worth, a boy taken off the orphan train to help take up the slack. The family is already tense about previous financial failures and the loss of a daughter. Now fence cutters exacerbate the land-use conflict between ranchers and farmers by freeing cattle to trample the crops on which the farmers' survival depends. The author convincingly conveys the boys' gradual realization of the value of one another's friendship. Other themes include the importance of reading and education, meeting challenges head on, relying on and playing a responsible role in your community, and recovering from loss. A special strength of the book is the characterization of Nathaniel's mom, whose fierce anger is emotionally balanced by her dedication to her family's well-being. Although she works as a tinker, she lets her husband take credit in deference to the mores of the time. A satisfying piece of historical fiction.–Joel Shoemaker, Southeast Junior High School, Iowa City, IA
作者简介：
A. LaFaye (the "A" is for Alexandria) is the author of The Year of the Sawdust Man, Nissa's Place, The Strength of Saints, Edith Shay, Strawberry Hill, and Dad, in Spirit. She teaches at California State University at San Bernardino during the school year and at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, in the summer.
目录
Chapter 1 Lightning in the Grass
Chapter 2 Clearing the Fog
Chapter 3 What a Boy Is Worth
Chapter 4 Dunce Goes to School
Chapter 5 Fences Inside and Out
Chapter 6 Done with the World
Chapter 7 The Evil in Dark Truth
Chapter 8 The Weight ofGuilt
Chapter 9 Inviting In and Letting Go
Chapter 10 A Flowerwith Slicesfo，Petals
Chapter 11 Cutting Fences,Building Ties
Chapter 12 War and Myths
Chapter 13 Words Through the Walls
Chapter 14 Running and Blood
Chapter 15 Death and Doorways
Chapter 16 TheTearsThat Bind
Chapter 17 Cattle and Chances
Chapter 18 What We Learn
Chapter 19 Fence Cutting
Chapter 20 The Hunt
Chapter 21 A Little Pride to Bring Us Together
Chapter 22 The Fences We Build
