- Puppets, Fiction, American fiction, Juvenile fiction
A thirteen-year-old boy describes the poverty and discontent of eighteenth century Osaka and the world of puppeteers in which he lives.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Katherine Paterson
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 186
- Publisher
- Crowell, Demco Media, Perfection Learning Prebound
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- heb, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9789580443827
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“Jiro shook his hair out of his eyes and bent once more over the worktable.”
Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 40 books, including 18 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. The Patersons have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Katherine currently resides in Vermont with her faithful dog, Pixie.
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