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  • Jip, His Story

    Katherine Paterson, Jennifer Van Dyck, Listening Library

    Audiobook (Listening Library, Feb. 19, 2018)
    Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction They tell Jip he tumbled off the back of a wagon when he was small, and no one ever came back for him. He never had a reason to question this tale - but then a stranger shows up and begins asking about him around town. Who is this man, and could he possibly know something about Jip's past?
  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Oct. 1, 1998)
    Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction They tell Jip he tumbled off the back of a wagon when he was small, and no one ever came back for him. He never had a reason to question this tale--but then a stranger shows up and begins asking about him around town. Who is this man, and could he possibly know something about Jip's past?
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  • Jip, His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1996)
    Raised on a poor Vermont farm after tumbling off the back of a wagon as a small child, Jip is astonished years later when a slave catcher reveals that he is the son of a runaway slave and that he is the property of a slave owner.
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Paperback (Puffin, June 2, 2005)
    After Jip is sent to live in a poor town, he makes his living by tending to the animals on the farm, but his quiet life is disturbed when a strange man comes around claiming he knows Jip's father. Reissue.
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Oct. 1, 1998)
    Another triumph for Paterson, Jip tells a historically accurate story (that's) full of revelations and surprises (Publisher's Weekly). An abandoned boy turns to his only friend to help him make sense of his past, after a menacing stranger comes to town claiming to have been sent by his father.
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson, John McDonough

    Audio CD (Recorded Books, LLC, Aug. 16, 1997)
    From the cover: "When officials bring the lunatic to the poor farm in Vermont and lock him in a cage, Jip is the only one who befriends the shaggy old man. An abandoned child who has no memory of his life before coming to the farm, Jip has a gentle knack for calming all frightened creatures. Months later, a dark-clad stranger comes to the poor farm, asking about Jip. The boy recoils from him as he would from a snake. In the stranger's shadow, the lives of Jip and his caged friend soon become joined in a desperate flight from the boy's perilous heritage. Set in 1855, and based on careful research and historical characters, Jip is a gripping and unforgettable story of racial injustice. Katherine Paterson has won two Newbery Awards and two National Book Awards. It's no wonder that her novels, like Bridge to Terabithia...and The Great Gilly Hopkins...receive worldwide acclaim and have been translated into 20 languages. Each is filled with Paterson's trademark sensitivity and grace." Regarding the narrator, John McDonough: "His inflections are lively and spirited...and his voices are perfect." -- Kliatt. Recommended for listeners ages 10 and up.
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Hardcover (Scholastic Inc, Jan. 1, 1997)
    After tumbling off the back of a wagon, Jip was brought to live at the town poor farm. He has been content to do chores and tend animals -- until the day the lunatic arrives. Put seems terrifying and less than human, but as the weeks pass, Jip sees the man he truly is. So, when a menacing stranger comes to town, claiming to have been sent by Jip's grieving father, Jip turns to his new friend to make sense of his past. Jip is another triumph from Katherine Paterson -- and fans of her Lyddie are in for a special surprise. " Like Paterson's Newbery-winning Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved, this historically accurate story is full of revelations and surprise...The taut, extremely readable narrative and its tender depictions of friendship and loyalty provide first-rate entertainment."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review " Maintains its riveting pace from the opening chapter to the final moment when the protagonist triumphs over adversity...Evokes the attitudes and social conditions of the times A1855-1856? in lucent prose."-- The Horn Book, starred review
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson, John McDonough

    Audio Cassette (Recorded Bokks, Jan. 1, 1996)
    When officials bring the lunatic to the poor farm in Vermont and lock him in a cage, Jip is the only one who befriends the shaggy old man. An abandoned child who has no memory of his life before coming to the farm, Jip has a gentle knack for calming all frightened creatures. Months later, a dark-clad stranger comes to the poor farm, asking about Jip. The boy recoils from him as he would from a snake. In the stranger's shadow, the lives of Jip and his caged friend soon become joined in a desperate flight from the boy's perilous heritage. Set in 1855, and based on careful research and historical characters, Jip is a gripping and unforgettable story of racial injustice. Katherine Paterson has won two Newbery Awards and two National Book Awards. It's no wonder that her novels, like Bridge to Terabithia (RB# 94867) and The Great Gilly Hopkins (RB# 94917), receive worldwide acclaim and have been translated into 20 languages. Each is filled with Paterson's trademark sensitivity and grace.
  • Jip, His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Paperback (Puffin Books, March 26, 1998)
    Jip His Story [JIP HIS STORY] [Paperback]
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Library Binding (Fitzgerald Books, Jan. 1, 2007)
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 1, 1998)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After Jip is sent to live in a poor town, he makes his living by tending to the animals on the farm, but his quiet life is disturbed when a strange man comes around claiming he knows Jip's father.
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  • Jip: His Story

    Katherine Paterson

    Paperback (Scholastic Canada, Limited, Aug. 16, 1999)
    Jip's past is a puzzle-and solving it is dangerous. After tumbling off the back of a wagon, Jip was brought to the town poor farm. He has lived there ever since. content to do chores and tend animals - until the day the lunatic comes. Caged like an animal, Put seems terrifying and less than human. But as the weeks pass, Jip sees Put as the wise man he truly is. And, when a menacing stranger comes to town, claiming to have been sent by Jip's grieving father, Jip turns to his new friend to make sense of it all. With Put's help. can Jip solve the riddle of his past? Winner of the Scott O'Dell award ALA Notable Book Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. 180 pages
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