Book Detail

Auction, The

Publication Information
Author:  Andrews, Jan Illustrator:  Reczuch, Karen
Title:  Auction, The Date:  1991
Publisher:  Macmillan Publishing Co City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-02-705535-3 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, memoirs/reminiscences

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
In this sad intergenerational story, a boy and his grandfather reminisce the night before their farm is put up for sale.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers may want to read this aloud and ask students to record their responses in their journals. It fits into a rural unit, a unit on farm life, on intergenerational stories, or on families. It may inspire storytelling or story writing in student readers.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal
bullet Family > grandparents > grandfathers
bullet Family > grandparents > grandparent-child relationships
bullet Communities > rural > rural life > farms


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