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Letters from Hillside Farm
Author(s): Jerry Apps (Author)
- Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
- Publication Date: 1 April 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781555919986
- ISBN-13: 1555919987
Book Description
Told through correspondence between the young narrator and his grandmother, Letters from Hillside Farm provides a glimpse of life during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Young George moves from Cleveland, Ohio to a farm in central Wisconsin. He shares his discovery of rural life and the realities of tough times with his Grandmother Strunkmeyer.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Apps adroitly weaves factual information about the difficulties of life during the Depression with the fictional story of George to create a snapshot of a different time for today’s youth, much like Patricia Reilly Giff in “My Name Is Rachel.”” “Booklist”
“The story is told through letters between George and his grandmother back in Ohio. Their correspondences are detailed and provide an authentic sense of what it was like to live during the Depression.” —”School Library Journal”
“It would make perfect summer reading for elementary students, and could be the source of interesting conversations around the dinner table.” —”Agri-View””
“The story is told through letters between George and his grandmother back in Ohio. Their correspondences are detailed and provide an authentic sense of what it was like to live during the Depression.” —”School Library Journal”
“It would make perfect summer reading for elementary students, and could be the source of interesting conversations around the dinner table.” —”Agri-View””
About the Author
Jerry Apps writes novels and nonfiction about the outdoors, country life, and rural living for adults and children. He was elected a Fellow in the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters in 2012 and received the 2008 First Place Nature Writing Award from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association and the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. He and his wife live in Madison, Wisconsin.
