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Doris Gates

    Doris Gates, résidente californienne de toujours, a exercé pendant de nombreuses années en tant que bibliothécaire. Elle est cependant surtout connue pour ses livres pour enfants, parmi lesquels Blue Willow fut le plus influent. Cette œuvre est largement considérée comme le premier roman réaliste pour enfants à aborder des problématiques importantes. Elle a été reconnue tant pour son mérite littéraire durable que pour avoir élargi la portée des sujets abordés dans la littérature jeunesse.

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    Blue Willow
    • Blue Willow

      • 176pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to will be their permanent home. -- bookshare.org Janey Larkin once had a home. But that was before the drought. Now Janey and her parent are migrants, picking crops in the San Joaquin valley in California, moving on every few months. They have little more than the clothes on their back - except for the Blue Willow Plate which to Janey stands for all beautiful things. Janey longs for a real home, for friends and a regular school. This is a story about doing your best and about finding a home. It is a gentle story with well drawn characters

      Blue Willow