Hard Pan? by Quinn Ryan Mattingly www.flickr.com *Middle-grade novel, contemporary, realistic *Almost 11-year-old girl as main character *Rating: Lucky Breaks is a great sequel to Newberry-winning The Higher Power of Lucky, and Susan Patron has not disappointed us. “Scrotum” appears twice. Short, short summary: Lucky and the lovable Hard Pan residents are back in this [...]
December 15, 2009 in Books with Science Content, Books with Science Content, Creative Writing activities, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Making Predictions, Middle Grade Novel, Patron, Susan, Reading Skills, Research Ideas, Tuesday Tales, Writing Skills
Tags: Lucky Breaks, Matt Phelan, Newberry Award, Susan Patron, The Higher Power of Lucky | No Comments »
Two weeks ago, I talked about Judy Blume’s classic Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret and about the recent controversy over book covers. As you can see, today’s Timeless Thursday book Ramona Quimby, Age 8 also has a new, modern book cover, but that’s not what I’m here to blog about today. Beverly Cleary [...]
September 11, 2009 in Chapter Books, Cleary, Beverly, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Middle Grade Novel, Patron, Susan, Pennypacker, Sara, Timeless Thursdays
Tags: Beverly Cleary, classic books for kids, Clementine, Lucky, Ramona Quimby Age 8, Ramona Quimby series, Sara Pennypacker, Susan Patron | No Comments »
Reviewed by Margo Dill, www.margodill.com, margodll@aol.com Middle-grade novel, contemporary 10-year-old girl as main character Rating: It won the Newberry–Lucky’s story is perfectly endearing, and I can’t wait for the sequel. Short, short summary: Lucky’s life is extremely interesting even though her hometown of Hard Pan, CA is in the desert with a population of 43. [...]
September 21, 2008 in Middle Grade Novel, Patron, Susan
Tags: 12-step groups, death of mother, desert living, Higher Power of Lucky, legal guardian, Middle Grade Novel, Newberry Award, Susan Patron | No Comments »
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