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The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap



by
Bridget Krone

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Catalyst Press
Imprint
Catalyst Press
ISBN
9781946395665
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Reference or Discussion , Language: Infrequent Use , Language: Mild Language
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When Boipelo Seku learns about a man who traded his way from a paperclip to a house, he starts a trade of his own in his small village of Cedarville, South Africa, accidentally setting in motion a string of good deeds that will change his community forever.

From the award-winning author of Small Mercies, named a Best Middle-Grade Book of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews,

"I’ve decided that some people put out fires and leave the world cold and hopeless and others nurse the kindling, blow like mad and fan the flames with whatever they have at hand - so that everyone feels its warmth."

A lot of things can feel just out of reach in 12-year-old Boipelo Seku's small, impoverished village of Cedarville, South Africa. The idea of one day living in a house that's big enough for his family is just a faraway dream. But when Boi stumbles on a story about a Canadian man who traded his way from a paperclip to a house, Boi hatches his own trading plan starting with a tiny clay cow he molded from river mud. Trade by trade, Boi and his best friend Potso discover that even though Cedarville lacks so many of the things that made the paperclip trade possible, it is fuller than either of them ever imagined.

In a chain of events that turns Boi's tiny spark into a warming fire, Boi learns the power of friendship and community, and finds that something’s value isn’t in what you can trade for it, but in the good it brings to the people you love.

With a motley crew of characters, wholehearted humor, and a whole lot of hope, The Cedarville Shop and the Wheelbarrow Swap is a joyful read for lovers of The Penderwicks or classics like The Moffats.

Glossary. Author’s notes.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Reference or Discussion , Language: Infrequent Use , Language: Mild Language

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

188

Trim Size

8" x 5 1/2"

Dewey

F

AR

8.8: points 7

Lexile

1220L

Genre

Fic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Dec 2022

Book Genres

Realistic Fiction

Topics

South Africa. Community. Friendship. Family life. Values and virtues. Poverty and homelessness. Trading and bartering. Entrepreneurship.

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