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A Place for Peter Free FREE A PLACE FOR PETER PDF Elizabeth Yates,Nora S Unwin | 176 pages | 01 Sep 1994 | BJU Press | 9780890847480 | English | United States A Place for Lovers - Wikipedia Peter, the young boy whom readers met in the award-winning Mountain Bornis growing up. A teen-ager now, he struggles to earn his father's trust as he handles the sugaring up in the sugar bush A Place for Peter faces the threat of rattlesnakes on the A Place for Peter. Old Benji is there to help, but Peter must often work alone, and as he does, he learns for himself that a job well done brings its own A Place for Peter. Recommended for ages A Place for Peter to We offer thousands of quality curricula, workbooks, and references to meet your homeschooling needs. To assist you in your choices, we have included the following symbol next to those materials that specifically reflect a Christian worldview. 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Peter was clearing an old shortcut through the mountain--a shortcut that would bring new hope to their struggling family farm--but a shortcut that wandered through rattler country Related Products. Mountain Born Elizabeth Yates. Elizabeth Yates. Tim Davis. Mice of the Herring Bone Tim Davis. Have a question about this product? Ask us here. Ask a Question What would you like to know about this product? Dimensions: 8. A Place for Peter (Mountain Born, #3) by Elizabeth Yates Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Nora S. Unwin Illustrator. Thirteen-year-old Peter gets a chance to earn his doubting father's trust when he successfully handles the important task of tapping the sugar maples to make syrup for their mountain farm. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Mountain A Place for Peter 3. Other Editions 3. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about A Place for Peterplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. It continues the story begun in her Newbery Honor book Mountain A Place for Peterthe quiet saga of a family maintaining their farm in the rural Rocky Mountains. Peter is now thirteen, and has new lessons to learn as he starts the long journey into adolescence and beyond. Martha, his mother, is unhappy with the recent f One of the wisest writers I've read from any era, Elizabeth Yates—winner of the Newbery Medal for Amos Fortune, Free Man —fashions yet another compelling A Place for Peter in A Place for Peter. Martha, his mother, is unhappy with the recent friction between Peter and his father, Andrew. The boy used to idolize his father, but lately Peter wants more responsibility around the farm and Andrew is hesitant to acquiesce. Peter doesn't A Place for Peter complete even the minor tasks his father sets for him, such as fetching the mail every day; why would he assign him more important jobs that could negatively impact the farm if they aren't carried out in a timely manner? Peter's frustration grows at the mundane responsibilities his father continues to give him. Martha understands the reasons they each have for their behavior, but Peter A Place for Peter Andrew can't bring themselves to open a dialogue and address the conflict. Will the peace of Peter's childhood days ever return? When an urgent letter arrives, it quickly becomes clear that father and son will have to work out their differences. Martha's youngest brother, Leonard, has suffered a devastating injury and might not survive; can Martha be spared to make the long trip and look after him for a while? Getting along without Martha A Place for Peter the farm will be hard, but Peter and Andrew are ready to try for her sake. Martha leaves them each with a personal plea to be good to each other while she's gone. Andrew takes the advice to A Place for Peter, assigning Peter more substantial duties even if he hasn't earned his trust in smaller matters. Peter goes about the new chores with gusto, eager to prove he's ready for a man's work. Every year before, Martha collected the maple sap in buckets and labored to make syrup for her family, but now Peter volunteers to conduct the whole operation, albeit on a smaller scale. With help from old Benj the farmhand, the sugaring is a success, and Peter feels satisfied at having transformed runny tree sap into a delicious treat for the breakfast table. The chill between Peter and his father is already thawing. Martha's A Place for Peter is delayed for months after Leonard contracts pneumonia and nearly dies. It's doubtful he would recover without her. She's been gone much longer than expected, but Peter and Andrew don't complain, knowing she needs to be there for her brother. As the seasons pass Peter shoulders an increased workload around the farm, allowing Andrew to focus on his endless other tasks. The farm doesn't earn much money nowadays, and Andrew perpetually worries he might have to A Place for Peter it. What will he do if he loses the family land? The best chance to turn around the farm's finances is for Andrew to breed his cows with bulls from Green Mead Farm, but the old roadway there is overgrown by A Place for Peter and shrubbery, impossible to traverse with a heifer in mating season. Encouraged by the maple syrup experiment, Peter suggests he use his own free time to clear the roadway. It's a monumental task for A Place for Peter thirteen-year-old A Place for Peter not long ago balked at retrieving the mail, but Peter promises to keep up with his schoolwork and chores, and Andrew agrees to let him try to clear the road A Place for Peter Green Mead Farm. What a boon it would be if he succeeds. Spring and summer are packed with adventure. Shep, Peter's loyal and A Place for Peter dog, gives birth to puppies, and Peter keeps one and names him Dusty. The pup joyously follows his mother's example to be Peter's guardian as he works the farm. Andrew assures Peter that the area he's clearing out to restore the pathway to Green Mead Farm is safe, but Benj urges caution near the rocky hillside. Andrew scoffs at A Place for Peter notion that rattlesnakes still reside there, but Benj's instincts are rarely wrong. A life-or-death encounter with rattlers would be a severe test for a boy's burgeoning manhood. Some evenings, Peter soaks in Benj's timeless wisdom under the twilight dome of sky, tucking away the old man's thoughts to broaden his own view of the world. Benj seems immortal, as though such a lovely man could not depart this world for the loss would be too great, but he won't be around forever. Peter occasionally visits Mary and Gran at their place, neighbors whose sense of humor and sincere affection lighten the mood for a hardworking farm boy. Before Martha's return, Andrew decides to trust his son with one of the farm's most precious assets for a day-long journey that could establish the farm's future for years if the job A Place for Peter done properly. It's Peter's chance to prove A Place for Peter grown into a dependable young man who loves the farm as much as Andrew does. Come what may on this physical and symbolic journey marking Peter's passage to the other side of maturity, the A Place for Peter bond and their future will be stronger than ever. A Place for Peter is awash in the beauty of wisdom. It's a joy to sit with Peter outdoors and observe the little dramas of the animal kingdom going on around him, or to accompany him on crucial tasks he must complete to vindicate his father's trust. This book offers moments of both kinds, enhanced by the author's magnificent insights. Early on, the parameters of Peter's silent feud with his father are delineated in the boy's conversation with Martha.
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