First lines
"Your father has met with an accident" Schoolmaster Dortmeister, his wife by his side, spoke gravely to me in the best parlor of their house in Portland, where I was boarding at school.
"Your father has met with an accident" Schoolmaster Dortmeister, his wife by his side, spoke gravely to me in the best parlor of their house in Portland, where I was boarding at school.
About this book
In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.
Themes & subjects
Juvenile fictionFictionBuildingFather and childSickFarm life
First published 1996About the author
Avi
23 Dec 1937
Edward Irving Worti (born on December 23, 1937), better known as Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature.
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