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Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Pocket Books
Publication date
March 1, 2001
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780671039240
ISBN-10
0671039245
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$9.00
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
While her mother works long hours, twelve-year-old Dora is left in charge of her three younger sisters during the summer of the World's Columbian Exposition, where they discover strange new foods, foreign cultures, and incredible inventions. Teacher's Guide available.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: THE WHITE CITY While their mother works long hours to pay for their room, Dora is once again left in charge of her sisters. Overwhelmed by responsibility, she worries about Lillian and Phoebe as they find jobs of their own and experience the wonders of the World's Fair -- strange new foods, foreign cultures, and incredible inventions. Seeing the sweeping changes that the turn of the century will bring makes Dora wish for a more traditional family -- until her own family is threatened in the fantasyland that will disappear at summer's end....
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Pocket Books (March 1, 2001); titled "Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893"
9780671039240 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.75 lbs | List price $9.00
About: After moving to Chicago so their father can work for Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, twelve-year-old Dora and her three younger sisters find jobs and amusement at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, while also worrying about their family's poverty.
About: After moving to Chicago so their father can work for Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, twelve-year-old Dora and her three younger sisters find jobs and amusement at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, while also worrying about their family's poverty.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Aladdin Paperbacks (May 1, 2002); titled "Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893"
9780743436304 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.35 lbs | List price $4.99
About: The World's Fair in 1893 Chicago and its wonders dazzle and frighten Dora Pomeroy as her family works and she takes care of her sisters, but circumstances affecting her family change her perspective of life at the turn of the century.
About: The World's Fair in 1893 Chicago and its wonders dazzle and frighten Dora Pomeroy as her family works and she takes care of her sisters, but circumstances affecting her family change her perspective of life at the turn of the century.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (August 1, 2002); titled "Exploring the Chicago World's Fair 1893"
9780613450362 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.60 lbs | List price $13.50
About: The World's Fair in 1893 Chicago and its wonders dazzle and frighten Dora Pomeroy as her family works and she takes care of her sisters, but circumstances affecting her family change her perspective of life at the turn of the century.
About: The World's Fair in 1893 Chicago and its wonders dazzle and frighten Dora Pomeroy as her family works and she takes care of her sisters, but circumstances affecting her family change her perspective of life at the turn of the century.
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