Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689851438)

From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday!

Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth's shore. But by the 1800s America's observance was waning. None of the presidents nor Congress sought to revive the holiday. And so one invincible "lady editor" name Sarah Hale took it upon herself to rewrite the recipe for Thanksgiving as we know it today. This is an inspirational, historical, all-out boisterous tale about perseverance and belief: In 1863 Hale's thirty-five years of petitioning and orations got Abraham Lincoln thinking. He signed the Thanksgiving Proclamation that very year, declaring it a national holiday. This story is a tribute to Hale, her fellow campaigners, and to the amendable government that affords citizens the power to make the world a better place!

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN-10: 068985143X
ISBN-13: 9780689851438
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 40
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.30h x 10.80w x 0.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 62571 / Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving


Review Citation(s):
Ingram Children's Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 55