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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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Smith, Betty
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Burton, Kate
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HarperCollins 2005
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Accelerated Reader:
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Lexile measure:
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A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century.

From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior—such as her father Johnny's taste for alcohol and Aunt Sissy's habit of marrying serially without the formality of divorce—no one, least of all Francie, could say that the Nolans' life lacked drama.

By turns heartbreaking and uplifting, the Nolans' daily experiences are raw with honestly and tenderly threaded with family connectedness. Betty Smith has, in the pages of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, captured the joys of humble Williamsburg life—from "junk day" on Saturdays, when the children traded their weekly take for pennies, to the special excitement of holidays, bringing cause for celebration and revelry. Smith has created a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as deeply resonant moments of universal experience. Here is an American classic that ""cuts right to the heart of life,"" hails the New York Times. ""If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, you will deny yourself a rich experience.""

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Street Date:
07/31/2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780060856083
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.8, 23 Points
Lexile measure:
810

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Betty Smith. (2005). A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Unabridged HarperCollins.

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Betty Smith. 2005. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. HarperCollins.

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Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. HarperCollins, 2005.

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Betty Smith. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Unabridged HarperCollins, 2005.

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