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From the award-winning author of Harvey Comes Home, a middle-school story about a girl in need of a friend, a boy in need of a chance, and the secret book club that brings them together
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Author of the award-winning Harvey Comes Home and Harvey Holds His Own.
A perfect book-lover's book full of middle-grade novel recommendations. It will appeal to librarians, teachers, and advocates for bibliotherapy.
Includes a bibliography of all titles mentioned in the story.
A sensitive exploration of how bias can affect a child's success at school and a celebration of educators who challenge and overcome such bias.
A quintessential middle-grade story about growing into the person you want to be.
Forthcoming classroom guide for educators.
The author is a middle-school teacher herself and provides excellent curriculum-related material for virtual author visits.
Features warm intergenerational relationships. Jane's grandparents assist with childcare; her grandfather coaches her Kid Lit Quiz team, and their relationship becomes central while he recovers from a sudden stroke.
Explores the experience of having a father (Jane's) posted overseas with the military. World rights available.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781772782639
Publisher: Pajama Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 December 2022
Country: Canada
Imprint: Pajama Press
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 264
About the Author
An author and junior high school teacher, ColleenNelson earned her Bachelor of Education from the University of Manitoba in herhometown of Winnipeg. Her previous works include the critically acclaimedmiddle-grade novels Harvey Comes Home and Harvey Holds His Own, whichis a 2020 Governor General's Award Finalist; Sadia, which won the 2019Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award; andBlood Brothers, which wasselected as the 2018 McNally Robinson Book of the Year for Young People. Herfirst picture book, Teaching Mrs. Muddle, was published in 2020. Colleenwrites daily in between appearances at hockey rinks and soccer fields insupport of her two sports-loving sons. The family's West Highland Terrier Rosieadds an extra-loveable dose of liveliness, squirrel-chasing, and shoe-chewingto their lives.
Also by Colleen Nelson
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