The Melting Pot (Paperback)

Seth Collins

ISBN 10: 1523408588 / ISBN 13: 9781523408580

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

About this Item

Paperback. All summer long, Emily Conn dreads starting school. Finally, the time comes for her to join her older sister Laura as a first grader in the little one-room school by the side of the dirt road in front of her home on Mare Creek in Floyd County, Kentucky.Emily decides that she does not like school and is not going to listen or learn. However, when her own life gets caught up in the mystery of a backwoods family, she not only learns reading, writing, and arithmetic, but she also discovers that another culture exists outside her little world. She experiences her first love and her first heartbreak. Through the efforts of a loving and gifted teacher, Emily comes to realize that school "ain't too awful bad."This book is the second in the Eastern Kentucky Girl series based on the childhood of Tina Rae Collins in Appalachian Kentucky, continuing the story that The Soup Bean War began. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Melting Pot (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1523408588
• ISBN 13: 9781523408580
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Collins, Seth
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

All summer long, Emily Conn dreads starting school. Finally, the time comes for her to join her older sister Laura as a first grader in the little one-room school by the side of the dirt road in front of her home on Mare Creek in Floyd County, Kentucky.Emily decides that she does not like school and is not going to listen or learn. However, when her own life gets caught up in the mystery of a backwoods family, she not only learns reading, writing, and arithmetic, but she also discovers that another culture exists outside her little world. She experiences her first love and her first heartbreak. Through the efforts of a loving and gifted teacher, Emily comes to realize that school "ain't too awful bad."This book is the second in the Eastern Kentucky Girl series based on the childhood of Tina Rae Collins in Appalachian Kentucky, continuing the story that The Soup Bean War began.

About the Author

A copyeditor and graduate of Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky, Tina Rae Collins also received a PhD in Biblical Studies from Northwestern Theological Seminary. She has written numerous religious and educational articles, and for five years she was host/director of "Writers Reading," a cable TV show on WPRG-5 of Harold, Kentucky. She resides in Lexington, Kentucky, and enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren.