Deborah Wiles

Countdown

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It's 1962, and it seems everyone is living in fear. Twelve-year-old Franny Chapman lives with her family in Washington, D.C., during the days surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis. For Franny, as for all Americans, it's going to be a formative year.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholastic
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 149mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 638g
• ISBN-13: 9780545106054
• ISBN-10: 0545106052
• Artikelnr.: 28986650

Autorenporträt

Deborah Wiles is the author of the picture book Freedom Summer and the novels: Love, Ruby Lavender; The Aurora County All-Stars; Each Little Bird That Sings, a National Book Award finalist; and A Long Line of Cakes. She is also the author of the documentary novels Countdown; Revolution, a National Book Award Finalist; and Anthem. She has vivid memories of ducking and covering under her school desk during air raid drills at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. She also sang in the Glee Club, was a champion speller, and hated Field Day. Deborah lives in Atlanta, Georgia. You can visit her on the web at deborahwiles.com.