Through the Lock
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- Synopsis
- Etta, a twelve-year-old orphan in nineteenth- century Connecticut, meets a boy living in an abandoned cabin on the New Haven and Northampton Canal and has adventures with him while trying to be reunited with her siblings. A ward of the state of Massachusetts in 1840, Etta has escaped the last in a string of foster homes in search of a place where she can live with her brother and sister as a family. Freezing and hungry, she takes refuge in a shack along the New Haven and Northampton Canal. In it she meets Walter, a boy who is also trying to make a home and a life for himself. As soon as Walter agrees to take her in, Etta begins scheming to invite her siblings to join them as well. But before she can reunite her family, Etta must overcome the more immediate challenges she and Walter face. Together with a boy named Jake, these independent and enterprising young people must find a more suitable home for themselves, convince the canal company to hire them, and catch the vandals who are determined to sabotage the canal.
- Copyright:
- 2001
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 161 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780618030361
- Publisher:
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Date of Addition:
- 03/21/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Carol Otis Hurst
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Outdoors and Nature, Parenting and Family
- Grade Levels:
- Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
- Reading Age:
- 10–12
- Submitted By:
- Sandra Ryan
- Proofread By:
- Lissi
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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