Bibliograph

Worth, A. LaFaye

Type

Label

Worth, A. LaFaye

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Worth

Oclc number

52464837

Responsibility statement

A. LaFaye

Summary

After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse

Table Of Contents

Lightning in the grass -- Clearing the fog -- Boy is worth -- dunce goes to school -- Fences inside and out -- Done with the world -- Evil in dark truth -- Weight of guilt -- Inviting in and letting go -- Flower with slices for petals -- Cutting fences, building ties -- War and myths -- Words through the walls -- Running and blood -- Death and doorways -- Tears that bind -- Cattle and changes -- What we learn -- Fence cutting

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification