W. Ross Macdonald School Library

The Hundred Penny Box /

Mathis, Sharon Bell, 1937- , author.

The Hundred Penny Box / Sharon Bell Mathis ; illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon. - New York : Scholastic, 1989, c1975. - 47 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Michael's love for his one-hundred-year-old great-great-aunt, who lives with his family, leads him to intercede with his mother who wants to toss out all of Aunt Dew's old things.

Guided reading: P Grade level: 4.1 Lexile: 700L DRA: 38 Middle grade.

Newbery Honor, 1976.

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Great-aunts--Fiction.
Old age--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.


FICTION / African American & Black / General.
FICTION / General.

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