The Road to Home - Softcover

Auch, Mary Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440418054 ISBN 13: 9780440418054

Publisher: Yearling Books, 2002

Synopsis

In 1817, after her mother has died and her father abandoned his children, thirteen-year-old Mem searches for a new home for Joshua, herself, and their little sister.

About this title

About the Author:

Mary Jane Auch, the author of many popular books, lives in the Genesee Country where the novel takes place and where her ancestors settled in the early 19th century.

From the Inside Flap:

r-old Remembrance “Mem” Nye has had much more than her share of responsibility since her mother died. It’s too hard caring for her younger brother and baby sister, and Mem looks forward to returning to the family fold at her grandmother’s house. But their journey back home is delayed when they reach Rome, New York, and Mem’s father joins the crew that is digging the Erie Canal. Mem soon realizes her father isn’t up to providing for them and won’t take them to their grandmother’s. Mem feels her only choice is to pick up and walk with the children all the way to Connecticut. She has faced many challenges. This journey will be the greatest challenge of all.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0440418054
• ISBN 13: 9780440418054
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216