Writer of the Plains
A Story about Willa Cather
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
From the time she was a young child, Willa Cather had a gift with words and she loved stories. As a child on the Nebraska prairie, she heard many stories from her neighbors, many of them immigrants, and she never forgot them. She begun to write stories of her own, and even after she became a successful journalist, she made time for them. Her great novels of the prairie, such as O Pioneers! and My Antonia, established her as one of the finest writers of all time. In Writer of the Plains, author Tom Streissguth paints a clear and interesting portrait of this complex and independent woman.
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978-1-57505-060-7
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978-0-7613-8272-0
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$25.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 5 |
| Copyright | 1997 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | LernerClassroom, Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 64 |
| Publication Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 5.2 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007020, JNF007030, JNF007120 |
| Dewey | 813'.52 |
| Graphics | 1-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 6 x 8.5 |
| Lexile | 790 |
| Guided Reading Level | Q |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.4 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 15545 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
| Features | Bibliography/further reading, Index, Maps, Reviewed, Table of contents, and Teaching Guides |
Author: Tom Streissguth
Illustrator: Karen Ritz
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Creative Minds Biographies
Meet some of the world’s most creative minds! Written in story format, these episodic biographies give clear, straightforward accounts of historical figures’ lives. Each true story is accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. View available downloads →