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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Unpopular sixth-grader Burdette "Bird" Weaver persuades the new boy at school, whom everyone thinks is mean and dumb, to be her partner for a spelling bee that might win her everything she's ever wanted.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains, a troubled boy and his mother, a happy family seeking adventure, a man and his lonely daughter, and the widow who must sell the run-down motel that has been her home for decades, meet and are transformed by their shared experiences.
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