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Nine Open Arms /

When the Boon family moves into an old, ramshackle house at the very edge of a small town in the Netherlands, Oma Mei, the grandmother of seven motherless children, relates the house's remarkable origin in the 1860s.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lindelauf, Benny, 1964-
Other Authors: Tolstikova, Dasha (Illustrator), Nieuwenhuizen, John (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2014.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Family life > Netherlands > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Single-parent families > Fiction.
Romanies > Fiction.
Netherlands > History > Wilhelmina, 1898-1948 > Fiction.
Netherlands > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Romanies > Juvenile fiction.
Netherlands > History > Wilhelmina, 1898-1948 > Juvenile fiction.
Netherlands > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Families.
Grandmothers.
Romanies.
Single-parent families.
Netherlands.
1800 - 1948
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Description
Summary:When the Boon family moves into an old, ramshackle house at the very edge of a small town in the Netherlands, Oma Mei, the grandmother of seven motherless children, relates the house's remarkable origin in the 1860s.
Item Description:"First published in 2004 in Dutch in the Netherlands by Em. Querido's Uitgeverij B.V. as Negen Open Armen."
Physical Description:256 pages : map ; 22 cm
Audience:Middle School
ISBN:9781592701469
1592701469