About this title: Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer is excited--at last they have a new farm in the backwoods of Florida. Birdie dreams of the day that she can help start picking their crop of ripe and juicy strawberries. Making the farm prosper is not easy though: there are drought, heat, and cold snaps to suffer through. To make things worse, their new neighbors, the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yearling
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780440483472ISBN:0440483476
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yearling
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780440483472ISBN:0440483476
Description: Poor. 0440483476. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Many satisfied customers. Satisfaction guaranteed.; 0.6 x 7.4 x 5.1 Inches; 194 pages. read more
Description: Illustrated by Lenski, Lois. Good. 0440483476. Ex-Library; 9 oz.; 194 pages; Ex library PB w/library marking sticker removal damage back cover book aged but appears unread. Birdie Boyer was a Florida Cracker. She belonged to a large "strawberry family, " who lived on a flatwoods farm in the lake section of the state. They raised strawberries for a living. Through all the hazards of the uncertain crop--battling against dry weather and grass fires, the roving hogs and cattle of their neighbors- ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780440483472ISBN:0440483476
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Signed by previous owner. Edgewear, reading crease and cover wear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: Children/juvenile. Set in the little-known backwoods region of Florida, it is Birdie Boyer's story; of how she and her fierce Cracker pride battled nature, animals, and feuding neighbors to become the best strawberry girl the backwoods ever knew. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell, 1945
Date Published: 1945
Description: Soft Cover. Good+++/No Jacket. First Dell Printing, 1967. Classic childrens author/illustrator Lois Lenski's story of the strawberry girl and a little-known backwoods region of Florida. Detailed b&w s ketches throughout provoke imaginations. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell Yearling, 12th
Date Published: 1976
Description: Good Condition, Light Overall Cover Wear, Tiny Sticker Mark, Small Split Bottom Spine, Pages Very Good, Browning, Trade Paperback Young Reader. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Dell Publishing, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780440483472ISBN:0440483476
Description: Lenski, Lois (illustrator) Good. Ex-Library. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Worn but solid copy. SYNOPSIS: Historical fiction about Florida in the early 1900s. When her family moves into the old Roddenberry place in the Florida backwoods, ten-year-old Birdie Boyer looks forward to happy times. Her father says they'll raise sugarcane, oranges, and even a crop of strawberries-and Birdie can't wait to be a 'strawberry girl. " But their neighbors are determined to start a feud and ruin her happy times. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780440483472ISBN:0440483476
Description: Poor. No dust jacket as issued. cover and spine ripped, and worn. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"I just read this to Cynjyn. She loved it. I had read it as a girl and loved it too. It says the reading level was 3.6 ish, but I don't believe Cynjyn could have read it very easily because it had a lot of slang talk in it."
"Reasons I hated Strawberry Girl: 1) bad dialect 2) reads like a Dick and Jane book 3) since it reads like a Dick and Jane book (leading one to think it is for young children), its crazy violent characters -- for example, an alcoholic father who shoots the heads off chickens -- seem a tad inappropriate 4) hanging story lines 5) ridiculous ending"
"How could a child read this book and complain about her life in 21st century America? The two families in this book suffer from the ravages of grasshoppers, illness, hunger, and jealousy. They argue and fight with each other, eventually going so far as to kill each other's animals and set fire to the other's farmhouse. A hardscrabble life complete with rattlesnakes and alligators and swamps. Yet there was also a beauty to this life, of neighbors helping each other, even when they have little for themselves. Some unbelievable elements---an alcoholic dad suddenly stops drinking and a child who never seems to do anything worse than get a little mad now and then---but all in all a worthwhile read."
"This is a classic book from my childhood. It was fun to pull it off the shelf. I have saved a lot of my books from when I was little for the girls. I remember loving this book and now I remember why. It is a fun read. Rylee is reading it right now after watching me read and laugh to it!"
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