![]() ![]() ![]() Tori and her mom join numerous other family members in an attempt to outdo one another at playing Colonial America. So when her not quite beloved great-aunt dies leaving her estate to whomever is clever enough to spend two weeks there without modern conveniences, it comes as a welcomed challenge. Making ends meet as a seamstress is not easy for the single mom, however, and the two have fallen on some challenging times. They share a special bond in fact, heightened by her father's death when Tori was a toddler. School Library Journal - Gr 4–6-Not everyone is lucky enough to be best friends with their mother, but then not everyone has Tori's mother for a mom. Accelerated Reader Information:Ĭommon Core Standards Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade 5 → Reading → RL Literature → 5.RL Craft & Structure Grade 6 → Reading → RL Literature → 6.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade 6 → Reading → RL Literature → 6.RL Craft & Structure Reviews: Thirteen-year-old Tori Porter and her mother, fun-loving best friends, compete against other relatives in hopes of inheriting a fortune from eccentric Great Aunt Muriel by spending two weeks in a colonial mansion, with no modern conveniences, no outside help, and daily tests. ![]()
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