Hard Times (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781604507201)

"Facts alone are wanted in life." The children at Mr. Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. The effects of Gradgrind's teaching on his own children, Tom and Louisa, are particularly profound and leave them ill-equipped to deal with the unpredictable desires of the human heart. Luckily for them, they have a friend in Sissy Jupe, the child of a circus clown, who retains her warm-hearted, compassionate nature despite the pressures around her.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN-10: 1604507209
ISBN-13: 9781604507201
Publisher: Serenity Publishers, LLC
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2009
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.3
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 50672 / Hard Times