The Resource Countdown, Deborah Wiles
Countdown, Deborah Wiles
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The item Countdown, Deborah Wiles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Countdown, Deborah Wiles represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear..."--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Countdown
- Title
- Countdown
- Statement of responsibility
- Deborah Wiles
- Subject
-
- Historical fiction
- trueChildren of military personnel
- United States -- History -- 1961-1969 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMissiles
- trueGirls
- trueCuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- trueEleven-year-old girls
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGrowing up
- trueBest friends
- Nineteen sixties -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFriendship
- trueMaryland -- History -- 20th century
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueFamilies
- trueBallistic missiles
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear..."--Dust jacket flap
- Summary
- The fearful events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis are witnessed by eleven-year-old Franny, who finds her life and perspectives changing throughout the course of a week that is also marked by difficult family issues
- Award
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- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 358992
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wiles, Deborah
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 800
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 5
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Sixties trilogy
- Series volume
- bk. 01
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Nineteen sixties
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- United States
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Countdown, Deborah Wiles
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Dimensions
- cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 377 p.
- Isbn
- 9780545106054
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocm457149657
- 4433-32460
- (OCoLC)457149657
- (OCoLC)ocn457149657
- (OCoLC)457149657
- (OUa)vtls000766666
- (OCoLC)ocn457149657
- Label
- Countdown, Deborah Wiles
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Dimensions
- cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 377 p.
- Isbn
- 9780545106054
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm457149657
- 4433-32460
- (OCoLC)457149657
- (OCoLC)ocn457149657
- (OCoLC)457149657
- (OUa)vtls000766666
- (OCoLC)ocn457149657
Subject
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- trueBallistic missiles
- trueBest friends
- trueChildren of military personnel
- trueCuban Missile Crisis, 1962
- Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEleven-year-old girls
- trueFamilies
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueFriendship
- trueGirls
- trueGrowing up
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMaryland -- History -- 20th century
- trueMissiles
- Nineteen sixties -- Juvenile fiction
- United States -- History -- 1961-1969 -- Juvenile fiction
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- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2011
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Middle Readers Category: 2010
- trueCivil Rights and Vietnam Era, 1950s to 1970s : Fiction for Grades 3-5
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