As her familys Model T truck rattles along toward Waheegan, Sarah Ann Puckett wonders about. An acceptable purchase, useful for an integrated curriculum. Buy a cheap copy of The Bread Winner book by Arvella Whitmore. Despite the stilted dialogue, oversimplification, lack of development, and some unlikely events, Sarah is a strong female protagonist and the well-structured story fast paced, while Whitmore's evocation of the period allows readers to share the desperation of hard-working, decent people.

With indomitable courage, she overcomes all obstacles (bullies, a thief, a skeptical landlord), and finally-returning from his fruitless trip-her father joins Sarah and her mother in their successful venture. Meanwhile, neither parent can find work Sarah's father leaves to search elsewhere and the situation is critical until Sarah discovers that she can sell her prize-winning bread. With her family on the verge of eviction from their Depression-era shack, Sarah devises a scheme to turn her prizewinning recipe for bread into a viable. Sarah's initial excitement about the move evaporates as reality and neighborhood toughs destroy her naive fantasies about town living. She and her husband reside in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

It's been in our basement a long time and we don't need it. Arvella Whitmores childrens novels include The Bread Winner, an NCSS-CBC Notable Childrens Book in the Field of Social Studies. I thought since you folks were in the baking business, you m ight want it. It's 1932, the depths of the Depression 12-year-old Sarah's parents have lost their midwestern farm and are living in a shack in a small nearby town. from The Bread Winner by Arvella Whitmore 'Ma'am,' he said, 1 have a big table in my truck here.