Please note that the illustrations inside this book are colored, in shades of red and gray. The Midwest Book Review says, "Exceptional, original, and inherently entertaining from cover to cover." This middle-grade tale of two cousins received a gold medal in the Mom's Choice Awards. It is set in rural Minnesota in 1904, where love is definitely in the air. This historical adventure portrays another humorous season in the life of Esme Dooley. Esme Dooley is an adventure story in which the young characters (Esme and Tommy) find that friendship, ingenuity, and grit enable them to overcome the. When tragedy strikes, they learn the importance of friendship, and they begin to understand the value of forgiveness. She and her grandmother and her cousin Tommy meet up with a circus that is going through harrowing times, for someone is pulling wicked shenanigans! Caught in the conundrum, Esme and Tommy eagerly don their sleuth's hats to try to solve the mystery. Was she going to a cemetery? Or maybe to a funeral?īy train, by gypsy wagon, and even by ostrich, Esme takes a summer journey. How intriguing! She has just learned that she is going on a journey in search of a dead person. Nº de ref."A dead person?" asks eleven-year-old Esme. Esme Dooley And The Kirkkomaki Circus, Author(s)-Jane Donovan, Holly Trechter, Publisher-Sky Candle Press, ISBN-9781939360069, Pages-46, Binding-Paperback. This historical adventure portrays another humorous season in the life of Esme Dooley. It also received gold from the Moonbeam Awards and the Mom's Choice Awards. Caught in the conundrum, Esme and Tommy eagerly don their sleuth’s hats to try to solve the mystery. Filled with humor and dramatic suspense, it was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Awards and the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. Tragedy strikes, making them reexamine the boundaries of friendship and the meaning of family.This colorful historical fiction is set in rural Minnesota in 1904. She lights out on a golden journey with her cousin Tommy to recover (more than one) family treasure. Just in time, Esme hears a startling secret that could very well change her destiny. And now her murderous guardian has sold her to a workhouse on Rag-Picker's Row. Yet her latest runaway scheme has failed miserably, like all the others. Dangled over wells, thrown into root cellars, and forced to empty chamber pots, she longs for a better life. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Troubles beset eleven-year-old Esme. Dangled over wells, thrown into root cellars, and forced to empty chamber pots, she longs for a better life.
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