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John Ibbitson

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kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Landing written by John Ibbitson For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=3088

Hardcover Jacket USD $17.95 978-1-55453-234-6 Paperback USD $7.95 978-1-55453-238-4 Grades: 6 and up Ages: 12 and up Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding historical fiction Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell Z Grade Level 7-up Accelerated Reader 5.8 MG © 2008 BW 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 160 pages	Will Ben ever escape the Landing? The hardscrabble farm on the shores of Lake Muskoka can't generate a living, so Ben's Uncle Henry sells goods and gas to cottagers from the dock known as Cooks Landing. It had never been much of a living and since the Depression hit, it's even less. Ben's thinking a lot these days, and it's making him miserable. He's thinking about how unfair it is that his uncle only cares about work. He's thinking about what he really wants to do: play the violin. These days, he's lucky to snatch the odd bit of practice between chores, playing to the chickens in the henhouse. A new job fixing up the grand old cottage on nearby Pine Island seems at first to be just one more thing to keep Ben away from his violin. After he meets the island's owner, Ben changes his mind. Ruth Chapman is a cultured and wealthy woman from New York who introduces Ben to an unfamiliar, liberating world. After Ben plays violin for Ruth and her admiring friends, it only makes him more desperate to flee. Then, during a stormy night on Lake Muskoka, everything changes. Awards 2009 Outstanding International Book, USBBY, winner 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s text, Canada Council for the Arts, winner

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Landing written by John Ibbitson For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=3088

Hardcover Jacket USD $17.95 978-1-55453-234-6 Paperback USD $7.95 978-1-55453-238-4 Grades: 6 and up Ages: 12 and up Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding historical fiction Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell Z Grade Level 7-up Accelerated Reader 5.8 MG © 2008 BW 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 160 pages	Will Ben ever escape the Landing? The hardscrabble farm on the shores of Lake Muskoka can't generate a living, so Ben's Uncle Henry sells goods and gas to cottagers from the dock known as Cooks Landing. It had never been much of a living and since the Depression hit, it's even less. Ben's thinking a lot these days, and it's making him miserable. He's thinking about how unfair it is that his uncle only cares about work. He's thinking about what he really wants to do: play the violin. These days, he's lucky to snatch the odd bit of practice between chores, playing to the chickens in the henhouse. A new job fixing up the grand old cottage on nearby Pine Island seems at first to be just one more thing to keep Ben away from his violin. After he meets the island's owner, Ben changes his mind. Ruth Chapman is a cultured and wealthy woman from New York who introduces Ben to an unfamiliar, liberating world. After Ben plays violin for Ruth and her admiring friends, it only makes him more desperate to flee. Then, during a stormy night on Lake Muskoka, everything changes. Awards 2009 Outstanding International Book, USBBY, winner 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s text, Canada Council for the Arts, winner

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Landing written by John Ibbitson For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/US/product.aspx?productid=3088

Hardcover Jacket USD $17.95 978-1-55453-234-6 Paperback USD $7.95 978-1-55453-238-4 Grades: 6 and up Ages: 12 and up Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding historical fiction Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell Z Grade Level 7-up Accelerated Reader 5.8 MG © 2008 BW 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 160 pages	Will Ben ever escape the Landing? The hardscrabble farm on the shores of Lake Muskoka can't generate a living, so Ben's Uncle Henry sells goods and gas to cottagers from the dock known as Cooks Landing. It had never been much of a living and since the Depression hit, it's even less. Ben's thinking a lot these days, and it's making him miserable. He's thinking about how unfair it is that his uncle only cares about work. He's thinking about what he really wants to do: play the violin. These days, he's lucky to snatch the odd bit of practice between chores, playing to the chickens in the henhouse. A new job fixing up the grand old cottage on nearby Pine Island seems at first to be just one more thing to keep Ben away from his violin. After he meets the island's owner, Ben changes his mind. Ruth Chapman is a cultured and wealthy woman from New York who introduces Ben to an unfamiliar, liberating world. After Ben plays violin for Ruth and her admiring friends, it only makes him more desperate to flee. Then, during a stormy night on Lake Muskoka, everything changes. Awards 2009 Outstanding International Book, USBBY, winner 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s text, Canada Council for the Arts, winner

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Will Ben ever escape the Landing? The hardscrabble farm on the shores of Lake Muskoka can't generate a living, so Ben's Uncle Henry sells goods and gas to cottagers from the dock known as Cooks Landing. It had never been much of a living and since the Depression hit, it's even less.

Ben's thinking a lot these days, and it's making him miserable. He's thinking about how unfair it is that his uncle only cares about work. He's thinking about what he really wants to do: play the violin. These days, he's lucky to snatch the odd bit of practice between chores, playing to the chickens in the henhouse.

A new job fixing up the grand old cottage on nearby Pine Island seems at first to be just one more thing to keep Ben away from his violin. After he meets the island's owner, Ben changes his mind. Ruth Chapman is a cultured and wealthy woman from New York who introduces Ben to an unfamiliar, liberating world. After Ben plays violin for Ruth and her admiring friends, it only makes him more desperate to flee. Then, during a stormy night on Lake Muskoka, everything changes.

Grades: 6 and up

Ages: 12 and up

BW • 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 • 160 pages

Curriculum Connections

Language Arts

Genre, Literature, Understanding

historical fiction

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

7-up

Accelerated Reader

MG 5.8

Awards

2009: Outstanding International Book, USBBY, winner
2008: Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s text, Canada Council for the Arts, winner