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One Came Home

By Amy Timberlake

By Amy Timberlake

By Amy Timberlake

By Amy Timberlake

By Amy Timberlake
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By Amy Timberlake
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Jan 07, 2014 | ISBN 9780375873454 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About One Came Home

    A Newbery Honor Book

    An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book

    Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel

    “An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.”—Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman


    In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.

    But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn’t, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of “pigeoners” trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha’s blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.

    About One Came Home

    A Newbery Honor Book

    An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book

    Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel

    “An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.”—Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman


    In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.

    But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn’t, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of “pigeoners” trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha’s blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.

    About One Came Home

    A Newbery Honor Book

    An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book

    Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel

    “An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.”—Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman


    In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.

    But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn’t, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of “pigeoners” trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha’s blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie is not prepared for what she faces on the western frontier.

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    About Amy Timberlake

    AMY TIMBERLAKE is the author of the Newbery Honor book One Came Home, as well as the middle-grade novel That Girl Lucy Moon and picture book The Dirty Cowboy, winner of the Golden Kite Award. Amy has worked as a book reviewer, columnist, and children’s… More about Amy Timberlake

    About Amy Timberlake

    AMY TIMBERLAKE is the author of the Newbery Honor book One Came Home, as well as the middle-grade novel That Girl Lucy Moon and picture book The Dirty Cowboy, winner of the Golden Kite Award. Amy has worked as a book reviewer, columnist, and children’s… More about Amy Timberlake

    About Amy Timberlake

    AMY TIMBERLAKE is the author of the Newbery Honor book One Came Home, as well as the middle-grade novel That Girl Lucy Moon and picture book The Dirty Cowboy, winner of the Golden Kite Award. Amy has worked as a book reviewer, columnist, and children’s… More about Amy Timberlake

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure | Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Children’s Middle Grade Mystery

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Yearling
    Jan 07, 2014 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375873454

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure | Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Children’s Middle Grade Mystery

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Jan 08, 2013 | 272 Pages | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780375989346

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure | Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Children’s Middle Grade Mystery | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Jan 07, 2014 | 405 Minutes | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780804166997

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    Praise

    Starred Review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, February 2013:
    “With its historical backdrop, enjoyable narrative, and endearing heroine, this will appeal both to fans of Philbrick’s The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg and Kelly’s The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.”

    Starred Review, School Library Journal, January 2013:
    “Timberlake seamlessly integrates information about two significant events that occurred in Wisconsin in 1871… Georgie’s physical and emotional odyssey that occurs between those two events will linger in readers’ minds.”

    Starred Review, The Horn Book, January/February 2013:
    “…it’s Georgie’s voice that really brings the story to life, with its original, folksy turns of phrase and self-deprecating humor that make it as entertaining to read as a Christopher Paul Curtis novel.”

    Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, December 1, 2012:
    “Georgie’s story will capture readers’ imaginations with the very first sentences and then hold them hostage until the final page is turned.”

    Awards

    Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book WINNER

    Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel WINNER

    Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year WINNER

    New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing WINNER 2014

    Newbery Honor Book WINNER 2014

    Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award NOMINEE 2015

    Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award NOMINEE 2015

    ALA Notable Children’s Book SELECTION 2014

    Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2014

    Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices SELECTION

    NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies SELECTION 2014

    Texas Lone Star Reading List FINALIST 2014

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