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Blue Willow
Author: Doris Gates

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Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780590412681 - ISBN-10: 059041268X
Publication Date: 1968
Pages: 154

Book Description:
A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.

Newbery Honor Book

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Beth O. (mom22blessings) wrote on 1/19/2007...


Janey Larkin can't remember when she's lived in the same place for more than a year. She longs for a real home and a chance to make friends. When her mother gets sick Janey offers to pay the rent with her beautiful blue willow plate. Losing the plate seems like the end of the world to Janey but it's really the beginning of something wonderful.

Carol M. (stardust4457) wrote on 6/2/2006...


Janey Larkin can't remember when she's lived in the same place for more than a year. Her family has to keep moving so that her father can find work. But Janey longs for a real home and the chance to make friends.

When Mom gets sick and the Larkins don't have rent money, Janey offers to pay the rent with her beloved treasure---the beautiful blue willow plate that once belonged to her great-great-grandmother. Losing the plate seems like the end of the world to Janey, but it's really the beginning of something wonderful.

Frances B. wrote on 2/23/2006...


Back cover: When Mom gets sick Janey offers to pay the rent by selling the blue willow plate that once belonged to her great great grandmother. Losing the plate seems like the end of the world to Janey, but it's really the beginning of something wonderful.

Carmela M. wrote on 7/10/2005...


Book is in good condition with a few minor scuffs from wear. A Newberry Honor Award book published by Scholastic tells the story of Janey and her sacrifice of the blue willow plate that once belonged to her great-great grandmother in order to help the family pay the rent.


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