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THE QUILT Gary Paulsen Hardcover | Wendy Lamb Books | May 2004 | $15.95 | 0-385-72950-2 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Wendy Lamb Books | May 2004 | $17.99 | 0-385-90886-5 | Ages 8-12

For the second time, the boy is going to live with his grandmother. The first time, he helped her cook for a group of men building a war road. This time, though, he is going to live with his grandmother because his father is fighting in the war and his mother can't take care of him while working at the munitions factory. The boy's cousin, Kristina, is expecting a baby, so the boy, his grandmother, and several other women go to Kristina's farm to help prepare for the birth of the baby and to help out with some farm chores. During Kristina's labor, the women bring out the family quilt , which chronicles the lives of the sons, daughters, fathers, and mothers that have died. As he listens to each woman tell their story, the boy learns not only about the loved ones who have passed, but about himself as well.

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Middle School, Crowley, TX

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