Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett embarks on the adventure of her life when her family takes a trip to the World's Columbian Exposition, a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair, in 1893. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt Euterpe is inviting the Becketts to come for a visit and go to the fair Award-winning author Richard Peck's fresh, realistic, and fun-filled writing truly brings the World's Fair-and Rosie and her family-to life.
Product Details
FAIR WEATHER
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Product Weight: 0.29 lbs
Author: Peck, Richard
Publication Date: 2003-09-16
Language: English
Publisher: PUFFIN BOOKS
Dewey Decimal Classification: FIC
Audience Age Group: 08 to 12
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780142500347