{"product_id":"turn-homeward-hannalee-9780688166762","title":"Turn Homeward, Hannalee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs the Civil War comes to a close, resourceful Hannalee must find her way home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this classic historical fiction for young readers, plucky twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, sent north to work in a Yankee mill, struggles to return to the family she left behind in war-torn Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful early-middle grade novel, based on historical events, reveals a little-known side to our most significant American conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail.\" (S\u003cem\u003echool Library Journal)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are few authors who can consistently manage both to entertain and inform.\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVarious:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHarperCollins Publishers is a proud supporter of First Book, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their own new books. The primary goal of First Book is to work with existing literacy programs to distribute new books to children who, for economic reasons, have little or no access to books. In this way, First Book effectively leverages the heroic efforts of local tutoring, mentoring, and family literacy organizations as they work to reach children who need help the most. First Book distributes millions of books to hundreds of thousands of children nationwide each year. For more information on First Book, please visit www.firstbook.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeatty, Patricia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as\u003cem\u003e Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker.\u003c\/em\u003e Her novel \u003cem\u003eLupita Mañana\u003c\/em\u003e is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and \u003cem\u003eCharley Skedaddle\u003c\/em\u003e won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50704828006674,"sku":"9780688166762","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_743345ff-e5de-47b9-800e-3e0602b78cce.jpg?v=1734480928","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/turn-homeward-hannalee-9780688166762","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}