Book
Dodger boy / Sarah Ellis.
Record details
- ISBN: 1773060724
- ISBN: 9781773060729
- Physical Description: 178 pages
- Publisher: Toronto : Groundwood Books ; 2018.
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 16.95 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Draft resisters > Fiction. Quakers > Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations in adolescence > Juvenile fiction. Vancouver (B.C.) > History > Juvenile fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | J FIC Ellis | 31681020085247 | JFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In 1970 Vancouver, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her best friend, Dawn, are keen to avoid the pitfalls of adolescence. Couldn't they just skip teenhood altogether, along with its annoying behaviors -- showing off just because you have a boyfriend, obsessing about marriage and a ring and matching dinin--room furniture? Couldn't one just learn about life from Jane Austen and spend the days eating breakfast at noon, watching "People in Conflict," and thrift-store shopping for cool castoffs to tie-dye for the upcoming outdoor hippie music festival? But life becomes more complicated when the girls meet a Texan draft dodger who comes to live with Charlotte's Quaker family. Tom Ed expands Charlotte's horizons as they discuss everything from war to civil disobedience to women's liberation. Grappling with exhilarating and disturbing new ideas, faced with a censorship challenge to her beloved English teacher and trying to decode the charismatic draft dodger himself, Charlotte finds it harder and harder to stick to her unteen philosophy, and to see eye to eye with Dawn.-- - Baker & Taylor
Keen to avoid the distasteful pitfalls of adolescence, the 13-year-old daughter of a Quaker family in 1970 Vancouver finds her perspectives transformed by the arrival of a Texan draft dodger who shares insights into war, civil disobedience and women's liberation. - Baker & Taylor
In 1970 Vancouver, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her best friend Dawn want to skip "teenhood" completely, but when a draft dodger from Texas comes to stay with Charlotte's family, she begins to see the world differently. - Perseus Publishing
From award-winning author Sarah Ellis comes the story of an American draft dodger who turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family. - Perseus Publishing
From award-winning author Sarah Ellis comes the story of an American draft dodger who turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family.
In 1970 Vancouver, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her best friend, Dawn, are keen to avoid the pitfalls of adolescence. Couldnât they just skip teenhood altogether, along with its annoying behaviorsâshowing off just because you have a boyfriend, obsessing about marriage and a ring and matching dining-room furniture? Couldnât one just learn about life from Jane Austen and spend the days eating breakfast at noon, watching âPeople in Conflict,â and thrift-store shopping for cool castoffs to tie-dye for the upcoming outdoor hippie music festival?
But life becomes more complicated when the girls meet a Texan draft dodger who comes to live with Charlotteâs Quaker family. Tom Ed expands Charlotteâs horizons as they discuss everything from war to civil disobedience to womenâs liberation. Grappling with exhilarating and disturbing new ideas, faced with a censorship challenge to her beloved English teacher and trying to decode the charismatic draft dodger himself, Charlotte finds it harder and harder to stick to her unteen philosophy, and to see eye to eye with Dawn.
Key Text Features
historical contextCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and toneCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
