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Flying lessons & other stories / edited by Ellen Oh.
From basketball dreams and family fiascoes to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology, written by award-winning children's authors, celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101934593 (trade hardback)
- ISBN: 110193459X (trade hardback)
- ISBN: 9781101934609 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 1101934603 (lib. bdg.)
- Physical Description: x, 218 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | How to transform an everyday, ordinary hoop court into a place of higher learning and you at the podium / Matt De La Peña -- The difficult path / Grace Lin -- Sol painting, Inc. / Meg Medina -- Secret Samantha / Tim Federle -- The beans and rice chronicles of Isaiah Dunn / Kelly J. Baptist -- Choctaw Bigfoot, midnight in the mountains / Tim Tingle -- Main street / Jacqueline Woodson -- Flying lessons / Soman Chainani -- Seventy-six dollars and forty-nine cents / Kwame Alexander -- Sometimes a dream needs a push / Walter Dean Myers. |
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| Genre: | Short stories. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | J FLYIN LE (Text) | 33126021899103 | JFiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | YA FLYIN LE (Text) | 33126023099330 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2016 November
Gr 4â6âThis anthology, published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, presents 10 short stories from a stellar list of authors: Kwame Alexander, Matt de la Peña, Jacqueline Woodson, Soman Chainani, Grace Lin, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Federle, Meg Medina, Tim Tingle, and Kelly Baptist. De la Peña's linguistically grooving basketball story will have readers swaying in their seats. Verbal roadblocks are hurled at the protagonist from the street-smart players inside the gym: he's too young, too skinny, too Mexican. His resolve yields multiple life lessons on and off the court. Woodson's haunting "Main Street" follows Celeste, the only girl of color in an all-white New Hampshire town, and her friendship with lifetime resident Treetop. Both are suffering from different losses: Treetop's mother has recently passed away, and Celeste isn't accepted in her new home. Their warm connection soothes their mutual pain and promises to last even after Celeste and her mother decide to return to familiar and welcoming New York. Each tale offers realistic and fully developed characters with whom a wide range of readers will identify. VERDICT Inclusive, authentic, and eminently readable, this collection of short stories is an excellent addition for libraries and classrooms.âDiane McCabe, John Muir Elementary, Santa Monica, CA. Copyright 2016 School Library Journal.