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Author:

Buzbee, Lewis, 1957-

Title:

Steinbeck's ghost / Lewis Buzbee.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Feiwel and Friends,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

343 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Books and reading--Fiction.
Characters in literature--Fiction.
Libraries--Fiction.
Political activists--Fiction.
Family life--California--Fiction.
Moving, Household--Fiction.
Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Fiction.
Salinas (Calif.)--Fiction.
Steinbeck, John,--1902-1968--Juvenile fiction.
Books and reading--Juvenile fiction.
Characters in literature--Juvenile fiction.
Libraries--Juvenile fiction.
Political activists--Juvenile fiction.
Family life--California--Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-343).

Summary:

Unhappy after his parents move to a weird subdivision and become workaholics, thirteen-year-old Travis returns to his old Salinas neighborhood and becomes actively involved in saving the John Steinbeck Library and, at the same time, begins seeing characters from Steinbeck's books who seem to have a message for him.

ISBN:

0312373287
9780312373283

LCCN:

2008005625

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)