Marshfield Dreams When I Was A Kid

The colorful boyhood of a popular author comes to life in this personal account Imagine learning from a nosy classmate that your mother is having yet another baby. To Ralph's classmates, news of one more Fletcher baby is just 'scuttlebutt.' But for Ralph, the oldest of nine, being part of a large family means more kids to join in the fun-from making tripods in the woods and 'snicking' up the rug, to raising chicks and even discovering a meteor (well, maybe). It doesn't feel like there's life beyond Marshfield, Massachusetts. Then one day Dad's new job moves the family to Chicago, and there's so much Ralph has to leave behind. In this humorous and captivating memoir, Ralph Fletcher traces the roots of his storytelling.Fletcher, Ralph is the author of 'Marshfield Dreams When I Was A Kid', published 2005 under ISBN 9780805072426 and ISBN 080507242X.