Leaving Gee's Bend

Awards:   Commended for Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (Young Adult) 2011 Short-listed for Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Grades 6-8) 2012
Author:   Irene Latham
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN:  

9780399251795


Pages:   230
Publication Date:   07 January 2010
Recommended Age:   From 10 years
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Awards

  • Commended for Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (Young Adult) 2011
  • Short-listed for Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Grades 6-8) 2012

Overview

Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but she can still put in a good stitch. Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things go wrong. But when Mama goes into labor early and gets deathly ill, it seems like even quilting won't help. That's when Ludelphia decides to do something drastic?leave Gee's Bend for the very first time. Mama needs medicine that can only be found miles away in Camden. But that doesn't stop Ludelphia. She just puts one foot in front of the other. What ensues is a wonderful, riveting and sometimes dangerous adventure. Ludelphia weathers each challenge in a way that would make her mother proud, and ends up saving the day for her entire town. Set in 1932 and inspired by the rich quilting history of Gee's Bend, Alabama, Leaving Gee's Bend is a delightful, satisfying story of a young girl facing a brave new world.

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Author:   Irene Latham
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780399251795


ISBN 10:   0399251790
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   07 January 2010
Recommended Age:   From 10 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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Ludelphia Bennett reaffirms the human spirit and defines survival in this beautifully stitched quilt of a novel. - Richard Peck, author of A Season of Gifts <br><br>


?Ludelphia Bennett reaffirms the human spirit and defines survival in this beautifully stitched quilt of a novel. Richard Peck, author of A Season of Gifts


Ludelphia Bennett reaffirms the human spirit and defines survival in this beautifully stitched quilt of a novel. Richard Peck, author of A Season of Gifts


Ludelphia Bennett reaffirms the human spirit and defines survival in this beautifully stitched quilt of a novel. - Richard Peck, author of A Season of Gifts


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Irene Latham lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband and three children. This is her first novel.

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