I belch, clear my throat, my knuckles crack. Her first novel, Across Five Aprils, was a Newberry Award nominee and received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. The story focuses on how the Civil War impacts Jethro from the age of 9 to 14, and how it affects his family on their southern Illinois farm. Though once I strode with regal confidence,įrom coughing fits to snorts and passing gas, Irene Hunt was the author of many distinguished books for young readers. Author: Irene Hunt Overview: This novel covers five years in the life of young Jethro Creighton.
Now that I know that at least some of you aren’t seeing poems that I’m copying and pasting from my files, I’m going to try posting the last three posts in a different way.
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