Author

Publication

2004 - Dial Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

47,500 words, Guess

Page Count

190 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780803727366
  • Open LibraryOL3290043M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.P338 Te 2004
  • LCCPZ7.P338Te 2004

Description

In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over the teaching at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies."

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • The teacher's funeral: a comedy in three partsDial Books2004-01-01

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