Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 256 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 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.) Reading ease score: 86.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. 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 196400 2025-06-05T09:08:33.555988 text/html 190047 2020-12-14T18:48:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 789374 2025-06-05T09:08:40.388512 application/epub+zip 791455 2025-06-05T09:08:36.740533 application/epub+zip 138483 2025-06-05T09:08:35.472508 application/epub+zip 912597 2025-06-05T09:08:43.201480 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 896933 2025-06-05T09:08:39.622477 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227689 2022-09-06T19:08:25.794600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 180699 2023-10-06T04:22:17.006800 text/plain 19129 2025-06-05T09:08:43.347446 application/rdf+xml 11984 2025-06-05T09:08:36.053488 image/jpeg 2867 2025-06-05T09:08:35.760499 image/jpeg 772300 2025-06-05T09:08:33.647006 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia