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<p><P>The schoolmaster says nine-year-old Benjamin is the finest student he's ever seen-fit for more than farming; destined for great things someday But his father's grave illness brings Ben home,from school and compels him to strive forsomething great right now &#151; to do the one thing that will please Father so much he'll want to live. But first Ben must convince his older sister andbrother to work with him. And together, they succeed in ways they never dreamed possible.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>A departure from Avi's recent sweeping adventure stories (City of Light, City of Dark; Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?), this austere tale set in 1855 tells how the children of Oregon settlers are left to fend for themselves on the frontier. Nine-year-old Ben, the scholar of the family and the narrator here, leaves his Portland boarding school after his widowed father is paralyzed by an attack of palsy. While his older brother and sister work the fields of their farm, Ben looks after his stricken father and laments that his father will not be able to realize his dream of building a barn on their property. As the days go by, Ben becomes more and more convinced that he and his sib

Who reads The Barn (Avon Camelot Books (Paperback))?

Author

Avi, 1937-

Publisher

New York : Avon

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780064409605

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Political Science, Children'S, Fiction

Rating

3.51 / 5 (515 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14