{"product_id":"ellens-story-9780689809699","title":"Ellen's Story","description":"A family, like a quilt, can be pieced together in many ways. And a quilt, like a family, is reach with stories. Lacey's great-grandmother has a trunkful of family quilts, and stories, she loves to share with Lacey. And the stories the old quilts tell help Lacey understand not only the generations that have come before her, but her own family as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTake Ellen, Lacey's great-great-great-great-grandmother, growing up on an Illinois farm in 1830. Ellen asks her father to bring her some blue calico; instead, he brings her a new stepmother, Julia, and Julia's difficult son, Silas. It isn't until clashes between Silas and Ellen's father threaten to tear her new family apart that Ellen realizes how much Julia has come to mean to her -- but is it too late to save her patchwork family?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Kirby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aladdin Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.00w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780689809699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e60710 \/ Ellen's Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan E. Kirby is an award-winning author who primarily writes Christian romance, historical fiction, and children's books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDan Andreasen is the illustrator of numerous picture books, including \u003ci\u003eBy the Dawn's Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner\u003c\/i\u003e by Steven Kroll, which was named an ABA Kids' Pick of the Lists and a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Place\u003c\/i\u003e by Douglas Wood; and \u003ci\u003eSailor Boy Jig\u003c\/i\u003e by Margaret Wise Brown. He has also authored several picture books, including \u003ci\u003eWith a Little Help from Daddy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Special Day for Mommy\u003c\/i\u003e. Dan lives with his family in Medina, Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44185107726451,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":12.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ab810fbf-d1f9-4079-90e7-362a375c98cd.jpg?v=1767100537","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ellens-story-9780689809699","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}