The Lost Farm
| Year of Publication |
1974
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
137 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Publisher |
Atheneum
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
As a Western Pennsylvania farm is miniaturized by Dr. Lilliput’s strange invention—“the reducer”—Pete MacCubbin, 12, and his grandmother struggle to keep their land and their bodies from being forever shrunken.
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| Author Biography |
Jane Louise Curry (1932— ) was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and grew up in Kittanning, Armstrong County and Johnstown, Cambria County. She studied at Penn State, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, the University of London, and Stanford. She's written over 30 books for children and teens, especially plots that feature, she says, “time slips into the past, mystery, danger, and narrow escapes.” She divides her time between London and Los Angeles.
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| Time |
1922-72
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