Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Author
Language
English
Description
The Yearling' is a dramatic novel written by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. The story follows the life of Young Jody Baxter, who lives with his parents, Ora and Ezra "Penny" Baxter, on a small farm in the backwoods of central Florida in the 1870s. His parents had six other children before him, but they died in infancy. His mother has difficulty bonding with the boy. Jody loves the outdoors and his family. He...
2) The yearling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raisesd as a pet.
3) Cross Creek
Author
Lexile measure
1120L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Originally published in 1942, Cross Creek has become a classic in modern American literature. For the millions of readers raised on The Yearling, here is the story of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's experiences in the remote Florida hamlet of Cross Creek, where she lived for thirteen years. From the daily labors of managing a seventy-two-acre orange grove to bouts with runaway pigs and a succession of unruly farmhands, Rawlings describes her life at the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fact and fancy are the irresistible blend that characterizes these delightful tales of Florida's backwoods... and the Florida Crackers - the zany but lovable folks who populated the remote hamlet that was Marjorie Rawlings' home. With a gift for humor and a venerable ear for dialect comes the author's personal accounts of the people, scenery and wildlife of Cross Creek.
Author
Language
English
Description
Story of Asahel Linden, a simple and good man who in his own fashion loved his family and his land. He was betrayed by his brother and his unnatural mother. His children could not hold up to his moral fiber. It is the story of his eventual triumph over all these defeats.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 590L
Language
English
Description
Young Calpurnia takes her dog, Buggy-horse, and follows her nose to a secret river in a Florida forest, where she catches enough fresh fish to feed her hungry neighbors, even after giving some to the forest creatures she meets on the way home.
8) Cross creek
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In 1928, frustrated newspaper reporter Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings leaves her husband and career and moves to an isolated orange grove in the Florida bayou to concentrate on writing fiction.
13) The yearling
Author
Pub. Date
1981.
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
16) The yearling
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A young boy, Jody, living with his family on the Florida frontier shortly after the Civil War, must sacrifice his pet fawn for his family's survival.
Series
Classic adventures collection volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Call of the wild: John leaves his comfortable life to venture into the snow-covered wild where he makes friends with a wise Native American and a loyal dog.
The yearling: Twelve-year-old Jody's life changed when an orphaned fawn finds its way into his family's life.
19) The yearling
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings about a family living on the Florida frontier and their son, Jody, who must sacrifice his best friend, a fawn, for the family's welfare.