The Curse of the Buttons - Hardcover

Ylvisaker, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763661384 ISBN 13: 9780763661380

Verlag: Candlewick Pr, 2014

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Fans of the hapless Button family will thrill to this Civil War prequel, featuring the inimitable “Granddaddy Ike” as a boy.

“Eleven is not too young for war,” Ike said to Barfoot, who swished his tail agreeably, then lumbered to the yard table and stuck his nose in an unattended pie.
When a steamboat arrives heralding the news that Iowa has been called up to represent the Union of the United States of America, Ike is beside himself with excitement. For months, the promise of war has enveloped small-town Keokuk like a grand game that everyone’s in on — everyone but Ike, his swaybacked pony, and his best friend and checkers partner, Albirdie. Left behind with Mother and the aunts and girl cousins while the Button men march forth toward glory, Ike’s fate is sealed. Unless he can call on the ingenuity of his fabled (some say cursed) ancestor — the adventuresome Uncle Palmer — seek passage to Missouri disguised as a drummer boy, and meet up with the Iowa First. But some opportunities are meant to be missed. And some arrive when you least expect them.

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Anne Ylvisaker is the author of Dear Papa, which was named a Booklist Top Ten First Novel for Youth, as well as Little Klein and two previous books about the Button family. She lives in California.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Candlewick Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0763661384
• ISBN 13: 9780763661380
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 227
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