- History, Modern, Juvenile literature, Modern History, Newbery Honor
A historical survey of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas during the lifetime of Abraham Lincoln, examining people, places, and events which gave color to the world of the nineteenth century.
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Earnest, plot-driven, cool and grave.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Genevieve Foster
- First published
- December 2003
- Pages
- 357
- Publisher
- Beautiful Feet Books, Scribner, Varsitybooks.Com
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781893103054
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