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Calico Bush

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by Rachel Field
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Average Rating:
Average rating: 4.25
4 Reviews

$5.99
Club Price: $5.39

Item #3A14

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Left an orphan shortly after her family arrives in the New World, young Marguerite is "Bound-out" for six years to serve the Sargent family in exchange for food, shelter and clothing. Will she have the courage to overcome the trials facing her during the hungry winter of 1743?
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Newbery Honor - 1932
Read Aloud Levels: 3 - Adult
Read Alone Levels: 5 - Adult
Reading Level: Young Adult

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Award-Winning Books,
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Customer Reviews:

Average Rating:
Average rating: 4.25
4 Reviews

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5 out of 5 stars by APRIL H on 2009-06-10
Written by Rachel H. age 9: I can honestly say that my favorite book this year was Calico Bush. It was written by Rachel Field, and published by Simon & Schuster in 1931. Calico Bush is about a girl named Marguerite Ledoux, a French girl who is 'bound out' to the Sargents for six years. The book is so intriguing! The story is told vividly. I looked forward every night to reading it! I have many favorite parts. One of them is when Ira, Joel Sargent's brother, gets the red ear of corn at a husking bee. No one had found it yet, but then Marguerite saw the red ear. Without anybody noticing her, she gave the red ear of corn to Ira. Before he could thank her, she slipped away. Wasn't that nice of her? Margeurite is also brave! Once when she and the Sargents were coming from Marblehead, a storm rose and half the family's furniture was washed away. Caleb was trying to save the sheep, and Margeurite helped him! That was a brave act. The book made me feel as though Marguerite is kind and compassionate, and as though life has its ups and downs. You will have fun reading Calico Bush, I'm sure! I loved reading this great book!!!

5 out of 5 stars by SUZANNE J on 2009-01-14
I loved the book. I liked the way the chapters were named by season instead of numbers. It was great book. It was descriptive and very neat. There was drama, there was joy, I realy liked it. Me and my mom read it, she liked it too. Abigail 9 years

4 out of 5 stars by KRISTINA G on 2008-12-15
We were halfway into this book before we decided we liked it. It was very slow going and all of us felt reluctantly dragged along until that point. Halfway through the book, everything changed, and we were captivated. All three of us were riveted and in tears when the baby was hurt, and from there on, we were emotionally invested and didn't want to put the book down. It ended up one of our favourites. I'm giving it fewer stars simply because of the dissatisfaction we went with for the first half - that's a lot longer than we would usually put up with a book that we're all disliking. I persevered for the detail of pioneer living that I thought was valuable. Then as the story grew on us, I was glad we had!

3 out of 5 stars by Stephanie J on 2008-11-07
Though this book is sad, its exciting and tells what people in those days went through. My favorite part was when Maggie met up with that french indian. Danikka J., age 11