Saving Grace / Priscilla Cummings.

Cummings, Priscilla, 1951- (Author).

Summary:

When Grace's family is evicted from their Washington, D.C., apartment just before Christmas 1932, and she and her younger brothers are sent to the Mission, Grace wonders what will become of her sick older brother, her pregnant mother, and her out-of-work father.

Record details

ISBN: 0525471235
ISBN: 9780525471233
Physical Description: 240 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	A Knock at the Door 3 -- Survival 14 -- Pete's Mission 24 -- Down in the Dumps 34 -- Evicted 43 -- A Temporary Measure 49 -- Children Like Us 59 -- Seconds on Soup 69 -- Do for Themselves 79 -- Guardian Angels 86 -- Hammonds' House 93 -- Slipping Away 104 -- Smell of Cinnamon 114 -- Measuring Magic 121 -- Secrets 132 -- Christmas 143 -- No Windows 150 -- Sign for Friend 160 -- Confessions 172 -- A Desperate Attempt 182 -- "Every Purpose Under the Heaven" 190 -- Hope and Heartache 200 -- Spring 214 -- "A Time to Gather Stones Together" 223 -- A Ticket, a Trunk, a Train 229.
Target Audience Note:	710L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 8 68682.