Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 99 Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows) 1863 1931 Johnston, Annie Fellows Fellows, Annie Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) 1870 1967 Barry, Etheldred Breeze Barry, E. B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry, Ethelred Breeze The Gate of the Giant Scissors Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Gate of the Giant Scissors" by Annie F. Johnston is a children's novel likely written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around a young girl named Joyce, who is living in France with her wealthy cousin, Kate. Struggling with homesickness and feeling out of place among the unfamiliar surroundings and language, Joyce's journey unfolds as she discovers the mysterious gate with giant scissors that has never been opened, as well as befriends a boy named Jules who endures hardship under a cruel caretaker. At the start of the book, Joyce is introduced sitting in a pear tree, overcome with homesickness for her family back in America. Engulfed in her longing, she reflects on cherished memories and experiences that make her feel closer to home. The narrative then shifts to her curiosity about the enigmatic gate, which seems to symbolize the boundaries between her new life and her old. Additionally, we learn about Jules, the little goatherd isolated by his caretaker's harshness, establishing a parallel to Joyce's own feelings of entrapment. This connection ignites her resolve to champion for him, suggesting that the themes of friendship, bravery, and social justice play a central role as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Cousins -- Juvenile fiction Sick children -- Juvenile fiction Prisoners -- Juvenile fiction Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction Scissors and shears -- Juvenile fiction Tours (France) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 196414 194519 2024-10-05T16:30:55.686889 2023-10-06T04:22:17.448786 text/html text/html 190047 2020-12-14T18:48:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 701067 2020-12-14T18:48:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 789340 2024-10-05T16:31:02.285815 application/epub+zip 791470 2024-10-05T16:30:58.730828 application/epub+zip 138504 2024-10-05T16:30:57.524844 application/epub+zip 912672 2024-10-05T16:31:05.033844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 896931 2024-10-05T16:31:01.535850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227689 2022-09-06T19:08:25.794600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180785 180699 2024-10-05T16:30:55.130892 2023-10-06T04:22:17.006800 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 182093 2020-12-14T18:48:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69789 2020-12-14T18:48:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 182084 2020-12-14T18:48:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69743 2020-12-14T18:48:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 24986 2024-10-05T16:31:05.171827 application/rdf+xml 11984 2024-10-05T16:30:58.067971 image/jpeg 2867 2024-10-05T16:30:57.794847 image/jpeg 772312 2024-10-05T16:30:55.762911 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia