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When?: World War II Where?: A cookcamp in the Canadian woods Why?: He's not really sure. One summer, a 5-year-old boy goes to live with his grandmother in a cookcamp. The camp is home to 9 men who are building a road through the woods. The boy misses his mother, but at the same time the camp... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
Takes place in Canada (p12)
- a small town near the Canadian border (p12): "And the next day she pinned a note to his jacket and put him on a train...to get to the small town by the Canadian border where he would meet his grandmother..."
- Pine, Minnesota (p9): the train depot where the main character is supposed to be picked up
- Chicago
- Salvang
First Sentence edit
For a long time during a war his father was in the army and had to be away to fight, and the boy had to go live with his grandmother.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gary Paulsen (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0531059278
Page Count: 115
Publisher: Scholastic
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0531059278
Page Count: 115
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