The Bread Sister of Sinking Creek

by Robin Moore

The Bread Sister of Sinking Creek

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Fourteen-year-old Maggie Callahan, who has a special talent for making bread, struggles to survive on the Pennsylvania frontier in the late 1700s.

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Aimed at a younger audience but well worth reading by any adult who likes a good story. It's 1776, Colonial America, and young Maggie is determined to make it on her own, using her family's bread recipe. I liked it enough to look for the two sequels.

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Robert Lowell Moore Jr., was born on October 31, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Middlesex School, Belmont Hill School and Harvard College. He published several novels using information gathered from travelling and his experiences as main ideas. In 1963 he joined the US Army Special Forces as a civilian with special permission from show more President John F. Kennedy, . He trained for almost a year and then went with the Special Forces to Vietnam. His experiences in Vietnam served as the background material for "The Green Berets" which was published in 1965. Other titles include "The French connection" and the Happy Hooker. Robin Moore died February 21, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
The Bread Sister of Sinking Creek
Original publication date
1984
People/Characters
Maggie Callahan; Franny Callahan; Jake Logan
Important places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Dedication
This book is dedicated to three strong women:

My mother, Jeanne Catherine Moore
Who filled my boyhood days with the smells of fresh-baked bread.

My wife, Jacque Sonstein Moore
Who believed in Maggie's stor... (show all)y from the start and kept the flame alive.

To my daughter, Rachel Sonstein Moore
Who was born along with this book and has it all ahead of her . . .
First words
It was a hot afternoon, late in the summer of 1776, deep in the heart of the Pennsylvania wilderness.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then they laughed, their hearts light as birds, and turned up the mountain trail, headed west, toward Franny and the wild westward country.

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Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
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PZ7 .M78766 .BLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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