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Title	:	Keeping Safe the Stars
Author	:	Sheila O'Connor
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	October 11th 2012 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Categories	:	Childrens. Middle Grade. Historical. Historical Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult. Family

Keeping Safe the Stars

Sheila O'Connor

Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.8 | 769 Users | 141 Reviews

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When crisis hits, a young girl becomes the only one left to take care of her family

Pride, Nightingale and Baby are the Stars. Orphaned and living with their grandfather, Old Finn, in rural Minnesota, the children, like their grandfather, are wary of outsiders. They believe, as Old Finn taught them, in self-reliance.

But then Old Finn falls seriously ill and is taken to the hospital all the way in Duluth, leaving the children to fend for themselves. Pride, as oldest, assumes the lead. Though she makes mistakes, she keeps them afloat; they even earn money for the bus trip to Duluth. But when they finally see Old Finn, he can't walk or even say his own name, and Pride knows her days of keeping safe the Stars are drawing to a close. Self-reliance can't make Old Finn well again. But maybe, just maybe, a secret from Old Finn's past might make a way for them to stay together after all.

A poignant story about family and love, Sheila O'Connor has delivered another extraordinary and mesmerizing tale.

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ISBN:	0399254595 (ISBN13: 9780399254598)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Minnesota(United States)

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Ratings: 3.8 From 769 Users | 141 Reviews

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Pride, Nightingale, and Baby are three children that are living with their grandfather, Old Finn because their mother and father had passed away. Old Finn takes them in, homeschools them, and teaches them to be self-reliant. One day, Old Finn is sick and leaves them to visit the doctor. He doesn't come back and the children find out that he is in the hospital. They become very resourceful (I've seen Boxcar Children mentioned here) and are bound and determined not to have social services come and

Great book!Pride, Nightingale, and Baby are orphans who live with their grandfather in a secluded, 40-acre property of Minnesota, called Eden. Pride is a self-reliant, independent, girl who does whatever she can for her younger siblings, Nightingale is a girl with braids that dust the ground and an intelligent mind, and Baby is the youngest with a daring, adventurist spirit and a tendency to have innapropriate outbursts. When their grandfather, Old Finn is sent away to a hospital in Duluth,

Pride, Nightingale, and Baby are three siblings taken in by their grandfather Old Finn after their mother died unexpectedly. Old Finn suddenly gets ill and is hospitalized. Pride, 13 years old, does her best to take of her two younger siblings; she had been taught to be self-reliant and independent while living on a commune with her mother and again with Old Finn, who prefers to live a quiet, hermit-like life. Things spiral out of control after Pride, Nightingale, and Baby decide to start a

Imagine being 13 and finding yourself alone with the responsibility of taking care of your little brother and sister after your mother has disappeared and your grandfather is sick with encephalitis. The genre of this of this book is Realistic Fiction. This is Realistic Fiction because it has real people placed in reality. I thought this book was interesting because of how it was plot in the book. This book took place in the 70's where Nixon was still president. It also took place in Eden and

Life has been filled with upheavals for the Stars. Their father died of cancer, their mother died in a car accident. The kids were in foster care until the grandfather they didn't really know came to get them out. He took them to his farm in Minnesota to raise. He was something of a hermit; a former history professor who got in trouble with the government for protesting the Vietnam War. He is determined to raise the kids to be independent. But when he falls suddenly ill with encephalitis, the

Didn't like this much. Set in the early 1970s with way too many references to communes, hippies and Nixon's impeachment. Just the kind of tale every 12 year old in 2013 is dying to read.It tells the story of three orphans who are living with their Grandpa somewhere in Minnesota. Unfortunately, Grandpa gets sick and they are pretty much on their own and they are terrified of being found out. "Keeping Safe the Stars" could have been a goofy story, it could have been poignant. Instead it was just

Fantastic story about the strength of children and family. Suspense, humor, and heartbreak are neatly woven together with a very satisfying ending. A classic for sure and a great read-aloud. My kids loved it.