Blue Willow
by Gates, Doris
Illustrated by Lantz, Paul
To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community.
- Publication Date
- 1940
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- Reading level
- Middle Grade
- Content warning
- None
Book tags
- Timeline
- 20th Century
- Recommended By
- Ambleside OnlineBeautiful Feet Books
- Format
- Chapter Book
- Culture
- United States
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