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1 online resource (227 pages) |
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| Summary |
Fans of the hapless Button family will thrill to this Civil War prequel, featuring the inimitable "Granddaddy Ike" as a boy. "Eleven is not too young for war," Ike said to Barfoot, who swished his tail agreeably, then lumbered to the yard table and stuck his nose in an unattended pie. When a steamboat arrives heralding the news that Iowa has been called up to represent the Union of the United States of America, Ike is beside himself with excitement. For months, the promise of war has enveloped small-town Keokuk like a grand game that everyone's in on--everyone but Ike, his swaybacked pony, and his best friend and checkers partner, Albirdie. Left behind with Mother and the aunts and girl cousins while the Button men march forth toward glory, Ike's fate is sealed. Unless he can call on the ingenuity of his fabled (some say cursed) ancestor--the adventuresome Uncle Palmer--seek passage to Missouri disguised as a drummer boy, and meet up with the Iowa First. But some opportunities are meant to be missed. And some arrive when you least expect them. |
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570 Lexile. |
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570L Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.0 4 170739 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 4.0 4 170739 |
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When the free state of Iowa is called to fight in the Civil War, eleven-year-old Ike hopes to tap the ingenuity of his fabled ancestors to sneak away and join the Iowa First in disguise as a drummer boy. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
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River boats -- Juvenile fiction.
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Civil war -- Juvenile fiction.
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Child soldiers -- Juvenile fiction.
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River boats -- Fiction.
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Civil war -- Fiction.
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Child soldiers -- Fiction.
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Child soldiers. |
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Civil war. |
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River boats. |
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Iowa -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Family life -- Iowa -- Fiction.
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City and town life -- Iowa -- Fiction.
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Iowa -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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Iowa. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Ylvisaker, Anne. Curse of the Buttons Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014 9780763661380 (NjBwBT)bl2014048123 (OCoLC)870896483 |
| ISBN |
9780763666934 : $6.99 |
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0763666939 : $6.99 |
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