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Life in Sassafras Springs has always been predictable, boring even, but one afternoon that changes when Eben McAllister's pa challenges him to find Seven Wonders in Sassafras that rival the real Seven Wonders of the World. The reward? An adventure that Eben's been craving -- a trip to... read more
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Summary edit
Eben gets a book, all about the 7 wonders of the world.
He wants to go see them.
But He can't till he finds 7 wonders in Sassafras Springs.
Once he goes looking, he doesn't know what to find.
Characters/People edit
- eben: the main charecter. he wants to get out of his small little town and go see the wonders
- jeb: eben's best friend
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- Rae Ellen
- Buddy
- Coogie Jackson
- Mama
- Mrs. Pritchard
- Alf
- Mrs. Saylor
- Old Emma
- Lulu
- Albert
- Calvin Smiley
- Orville Payne
- Mary
- Tom
- Eulie
- Maggie
- Carrie
- Upton
- Mabel
- Holt
- Mayor Peevey
Quotes edit
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“I just think there's no use searching the world for Wonders when you can't see the marvels right under your own nose.”
Pa
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The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Colossus of Rhodes. The Statue of Zeus.
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Aunt Pretty’s crochet hook hung in midair.
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And the Wonders started right on our own front porch on a hot summer night I would have forgotten on the spot
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First Sentence edit
Sometimes extraordinary things begin in ordinary places.
Table of Contents edit
How it Started
Day One: I Go Searching
Mrs. Pritchard's story: Miss Zeldy's Message
Day Two: Jeb Jions In
Cully Pone's Story: The Rainmakers Revenge
Day Three: Disappointments
Day Three Continued: Difficulties and Discoveries
Calvin Smiley's Story: Amazing Grace
Day Four: Smells and Spells
Eulie Rowan's Story: The Four Legged Haint
Day Five: Into The Woods
Coogie Jackson's Story: Flight From Georgia
Rae Ellen's Story: Dark Seas
Days Six and Seven: I start Again
Mayor Peevey's Story: Song of the Loom
Day Eight: A Setback And A Suprise
Uncle Alf's Story: Graven Images
Day Nine: Change Of Plans
The Beginning
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Atheneum
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0689871368
Page Count: 216
Publisher: Atheneum
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0689871368
Page Count: 216
Awards edit
- Judy Lopez Memorial Award (Finalist, 2006, #2)
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Wise Guys Teaching Resources: This is a purchasable 39 page reading guide that can be used to accompany the book in a classroom setting.
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