Prisoner 88 by Leah Pileggi

Prisoner 88 by Leah Pileggi

What if you were ten years old and thrown into prison with hardened criminals? That's just what happens to Jake Oliver Evans. Inspired by a true account of a prisoner in the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary in 1885, Jake's story is as affecting as it is shocking.

Convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years, Jake is taken under the wing of a young guard and the kindly warden, as well as a few fellow prisoners. He is taught to read and given a job tending hogs at a nearby farm. In prison, Jake finds a home he has never had in a place most people are desperate to leave. But when he has to make a choice about right and wrong during an explosive escape attempt, Jake jeopardizes his friendships and his security.

Debut novelist Leah Pileggi introduces a strong yet vulnerable character in an exciting and harrowing story of a child growing up on his own in America's Old West.

LEAH PILEGGI has published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Chautauquan Daily. Her first novel, Prisoner 88 (Charlesbridge), will be published in August of 2013. Prisoner 88 is a middle-grade historical novel set in 1885 that was inspired by the incarceration of a real ten-year-old boy in the Idaho Penitentiary. This is Leah's first book of nonfiction.

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ISBN 13	9781580895606
ISBN 10	1580895603
Titel	Prisoner 88
Autor	Leah Pileggi
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	2013-08-01
Seitenanzahl	144
Preise	Short-listed for Golden Sower Award (Young Adult) 2016, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2015
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