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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100152167889
ISBN-139780152167882
eBay Product ID (ePID)2209175
Product Key Features
Book TitleStaircase
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMysteries & Detective Stories, General, Social Themes / Friendship, Historical / United States / 19th Century, Historical / Military & Wars
Publication Year2002
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorAnn Rinaldi
Book SeriesGreat Episodes Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight5.1 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width4.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN00-008854
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Rinaldi delivers another winning historical novel."-- Publishers Weekly "Engrossing. . . . Thrumming with mini-adventures and vivid characters."-- Kirkus Reviews, "Rinaldi delivers another winning historical novel."--Publishers Weekly "Engrossing. . . . Thrumming with mini-adventures and vivid characters."--Kirkus Reviews --, "Rinaldi delivers another winning historical novel."--Publishers Weekly "Engrossing. . . . Thrumming with mini-adventures and vivid characters."--Kirkus Reviews
Grade FromFifth Grade
Dewey DecimalFIC
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisHow could Lizzy Enders's father abandon her at a girls school run by nuns? She's surrounded by Catholics--but she's Methodist Shunned by the other boarders, Lizzy befriends a wandering carpenter named Jos , who with just three tools--and unflagging faith--builds an elaborate spiral staircase in the new chapel in mere weeks. When he disappears without a trace, Lizzy realizes that the way she sees things is not always the way they are. Inspired by the legend of the "miraculous" staircase in the Chapel of Loretto in Santa Fe, Ann Rinaldi skillfully blends the mystery surrounding the staircase's builder with the daily trials of a spunky thirteen-year-old girl growing up in the 1870s., How could Lizzy Enders's father abandon her at a girls school run by nuns? She's surrounded by Catholics--but she's Methodist! Shunned by the other boarders, Lizzy befriends a wandering carpenter named José, who with just three tools--and unflagging faith--builds an elaborate spiral staircase in the new chapel in mere weeks. When he disappears without a trace, Lizzy realizes that the way she sees things is not always the way they are. Inspired by the legend of the "miraculous" staircase in the Chapel of Loretto in Santa Fe, Ann Rinaldi skillfully blends the mystery surrounding the staircase's builder with the daily trials of a spunky thirteen-year-old girl growing up in the 1870s., Ann Rinaldi brings to life the exciting tale of a mysterious staircase built in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1878--a staircase that remains today a miraculous feat of construction.