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The Stranger

Name: The Stranger
ISBN: 9780395423318

Hardcover – Picture Book, October 28, 1986

Chris Van Allsburg

HarperCollins · Hardcover · October 28, 1986

Reading lane: Weather Stories

The enigmatic origins of the stranger that Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the weather.

Alien Contact Weather Stories Stories Set in Europe girls

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At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Weather and Wonder

A weather-tinged mystery leaves room to wonder who has come to stay.

Come here for

A quietly uncanny stranger and a weather-shaped question

Expect

A picture-book encounter with an enigmatic visitor
A question that invites speculation

Book Details

Authors: Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: October 28, 1986
Format: Hardcover
Theme: Weather Stories · Stories Set in Europe
Reading lane: Weather Stories

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Boys & Men
Girls & Young Women
Funny Stories
Mysteries & Detective Stories

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Environment & Conservation
Weather Stories
Disasters & Natural Hazards
Magic & Fantasy

About This Book

The enigmatic origins of the stranger that Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the weather. Could he be Jack Frost?