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Marven of the Great North Woods

Name: Marven of the Great North Woods
ISBN: 9780152168261

Paperback – Picture Book, October 1, 2002

Kathryn Lasky

HarperCollins · Paperback · October 1, 2002

Reading lane: Canadian Biographies

When the influenza epidemic strikes Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918, Marven's parents send their son far away from the danger of the disease.

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Why This Clicks

An Unexpected Friendship

A 1918 epidemic sends a small Jewish boy north, where an unlikely friendship takes shape.

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A true story rooted in a dangerous moment in Duluth
The unlikely pairing of a boy and a lumberjack

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A picture-book account of friendship under unusual circumstances

Book Details

Authors: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: October 1, 2002
Format: Paperback
Theme: Canadian Biographies · Canadian History
Reading lane: Canadian Biographies

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About This Book

When the influenza epidemic strikes Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918, Marven's parents send their son far away from the danger of the disease. But a logging camp in the great north woods? A true story of a small Jewish boy and a bearish French-Canadian lumberjack . . . and how they became friends under the most unusual circumstances.