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The root cellar

Janet Lunn

1981229 pagesabout 3–5 hours
1981
first published
  • 1981Lester & Orpen Dennys · 247 pages · ENGISBN 9780919630307
  • 1983Scribner · 229 pages · ENGISBN 9780684178554
  • 1983Heinemann · 247 pages · ENGISBN 9780434949397
  • 1996Puffin Books · 229 pages · ENGISBN 9780140380361
  • 2001Seal Books · 335 pages · ENGISBN 9780770428853
  • 1986PuffinISBN 9780919630789
  • 1985Puffin · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780140318357
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780808552390

Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with unknown relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.

How it feels

AtmosphereCosmic

How it reads

Character focusSingle lead

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When and where

Reading situationRead aloud
ThemesFamily
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