Family Tree

by Katherine Ayres

Book Overview

Eleven-year-old Tyler Stoudt starts sixth grade off on the wrong foot. She has Ms. Custer, the toughest teacher in school, who has announced that the schoolwork for the year will revolve around one... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385322275
• ISBN13: 9780385322270
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

My students loved this story!

This story was nominated for the California Young Reader award last year, and I read it to my 6th graders who loved it. They were always anxious to hear the next chapter, and hated to see me put it down. It is a very heart warming story! I plan to read it again to my new class.

Real genealogy buff loves the history and family angle.

I am a teacher, and I research my own family history. I loved this book. Children who feel cut off from their past will relate to Tyler's uncovering of her own past, and any child (or adult!) will love the well-woven story of Tyler's determination, courage, and eventual compassion.

A heartwarming story.

I liked this book because it kept my attention. I like to read about the Amish. This book is from the viewpoint of an outsider. It touched many different topics; it was not just a one-theme story. I recommend it to everyone who likes realistic fiction.

Very well written -- heartwarming!

Tyler's father has raised her with so much love and goodness that she has never pushed him for answers about her dead mother or his past. That changes with a school assignment about family trees. As Tyler uncovers her family history, readers are given many ideas regarding family values, immigration, what makes up America, tolerance, and the feelings people have about their heritage. The characters are very interesting and well-drawn; the plot moves quickly and pulls one along. A sequel would be delightful!

TWO THUMBES UP!!!!!!!

I found thies book loving,and warm.The charters are unforgetabel.Ther's Tyler and her Papa Jakob.Along with Tyler's friends Casy and Sissy.But when Tyler learns of her Amish relitives She rites to her Uncel Levi,and descovers a family. I do hope ther's a part TWO!!