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The root cellar

The root cellar

by Janet Lunn, Janet Lunn; Scott Cameron (illustrator), Janet Lunn

Children's stories, AmericanFarm lifeFictionJuvenile fictionOrphans
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About this book

Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.

Themes & subjects

Children's stories, AmericanFarm lifeFictionJuvenile fictionOrphansSpace and time

Setting

Canada

About the author

Janet Lunn

1928 – 2017

Popular Canadian author of children's historical novels. She was chair of the Writer's Union of Canada.

Authors

Janet Lunn, Janet Lunn; Scott Cameron (illustrator), Janet Lunn

Pages

247

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

16

Language

English

Publisher

Puffin

ISBN

9780606034395

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