| "THE ROOT CELLAR"
Author: Janet Lunn
Interest Level: Middle Grades (4-8)
ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
AR Points: 10.0
Publisher Recommended Age: 10+
Publisher: Penguin/Puffin
Book Type: Paperback
Pages: 240
Book Description:
It looked like an ordinary root cellar--And if twelve-year-old Rose hadn't been so unhappy in her new home, where she'd been sent to live with unknown relatives, she probably would never have fled down the stairs to the root cellar in the first place. And if she hadn't, she never would have climbed up into another century, the world of the 1860s, and the chaos of Civil War--
Book Awards:
- Canada: CLA Book of the Year for Children 1982
- USA: ALA, Notable Book
About the Author:
Janet Louise Lunn (birth name Swoboda, born December 28, 1928) is a Canadian children's writer.
Born in Dallas, Texas, she moved with her family to Vermont when she was an infant. In 1938, she moved again to the outskirts of New York, New York. In 1946, she came to Canada to attend Queen’s University and married a fellow student, Richard Lunn. She became a Canadian citizen in 1963. They had five children and her husband died in 1987.
She published her first children's book, Double Spell, in 1968. From 1972 to 1975, she was a children’s editor for Clark, Irwin Publishers.
From 1984 to 1985, she was the first children's author to be Chair of the Writers' Union of Canada.
In 1982, she was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award. In 1997, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. She was awarded the Order of Ontario in 1996. |
