Turu Homeward Hannalee

As the Civil War comes to a close, resourceful Hannalee must find her way home. In 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. This powerful early-middle grade novel, based on historical events, reveals a little-known side to our most significant American conflict. "A fast-moving novel based upon an actual historical incident with a spunky heroine and fine historical detail." (S chool Library Journal) "There are few authors who can consistently manage both to entertain and inform." ( Booklist)

About the author

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 Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita Mañana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

Product details

• Authors: P. Beatty, Patricia Beatty
• Assisted by: Various (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.06.1999
• EAN: 9780688166762
• ISBN: 978-0-688-16676-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 195 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > First reading age, pre-school age; JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: Readers / Chapter Books, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION: Biographical / United States, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Runaways, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Military & Wars