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1) Sparrow Jack
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In 1868, John Bardsley, an immigrant from England, brought one thousand sparrows from his home country back to Philadelphia, where he hoped they would help save the trees from the inch-worms that were destroying them. Based on a true story.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Philadelphia 1793. Hercules, President George Washington's chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. He is famous for both his culinary prowess and for ruling his kitchen like a commanding general. He has his run of the city and earns twice the salary of an average American workingman. He wears beautiful clothes and attends the theater. But while valued by the Washingtons for his prowess in the kitchen and rewarded far over and above even white...
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