The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

A Matter of Life or Death It's 1849, and twelve-year-old, Lucas Whitaker is all alone after his...
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Author: Cynthia C. DeFelice
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by DeFelice, Cynthia C.

The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

€24,35

The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

€24,35
Author: Cynthia C. DeFelice
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A Matter of Life or Death

It's 1849, and twelve-year-old, Lucas Whitaker is all alone after his whole family dies of a disease called consumption which has swept through the community. Lucas is grief-stricken and filled with guilt. He might have saved his mother, who was the last to die, if only he had listened to news of a strange cure for this deadly disease.

Unable to manage the family farm by himself, Lucas finds work as an apprentice to Doc Beecher, doctor, dentist, barber and undertaker. Doc amputates a leg as easily as he pulls a tooth, yet when it comes to consumption, he remains powerless, unwilling to try the cure he calls nonsense. Lucas can't accept Doc's disbelief, and he joins others in the dark ritual they believe is their only hope. The startling results teach Lucas a great deal about fear, desperation, and the scientific reasoning that offers hope for a true cure.

The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author: Cynthia C. DeFelice
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 02/20/2007
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 7.62h x 5.08w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9780374400149
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 15810 / Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker

About the Author

Cynthia DeFelice is the author of many bestselling books for young readers, including Wild Life, The Ghost of Cutler Creek, Signal, The Missing Manatee, and Weasel. Her books have been nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award and listed as American Library Association Notable Children's Books and Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year, among numerous other honors. She lives in upstate New York.


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