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The Monument
Gary Paulsen

The Monument

Yearling (Jul 01, 1993)
9780440407829
| Paperback
160 pages | 130 x 193 mm | English

Genre

  • General Fiction
  • Kids (12 & Under)
  • Kids: Middle Grade

Subject

  • Artists - Fiction
  • Artists/ Fiction
  • City And Town Life - Fiction
  • Physically Handicapped/ Fiction
  • War Memorials/ Fiction

Plot

It all begins when Rocky follows Mick Strum around town while he sketches its people, animals and graveyard. Mick has been commissioned by Rocky's Kansas town to create a memorial to their war dead.As Rocky learns to respect Mick and his talents, he helps her to develop her own artistic sensibilities.But the townspeople see things in Mick's drawings that they don't want to know or accept about themselves. Can Mick help them accept one monument that will be meaningful to everyone?