MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
Über dieses Produkt
Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-101534475192
ISBN-139781534475199
eBay Product ID (ePID)6050392157
Product Key Features
Book TitleCare and Keeping of Freddy
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFamily / Marriage & Divorce, General, Social Themes / Friendship, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)
Publication Year2021
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorSusan Hill Long
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2020-056789
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsGeorgia is given Freddy, a bearded dragon, as a pet by her mother, Blythe, who abandons her that very same day. Blythe runs away with her boyfriend, Lyle, leaving Georgia with her quiet, devoted father, Stanley. Georgia, 11, longs for Blythe to return--and makes Freddy a proxy for her mother's love, vowing to do her best for him. Georgia's life is further upended when a larger-than-life boy arrives in their small Maine town, a foster child taken in by a highly religious family. Roly's acquaintance with Georgia and her best friend, Maria, begins after he steals a cat collar from the pet store. Despite witnessing this shocking event, the girls become good friends with him, and the three find a secret refuge in the woods, a glass house that ultimately becomes a danger zone. Strong friendships, parental love (and neglect), and resilient children feature in this slice-of-contemporary-small-town life. Georgia copes with her situation through help from peers and sympathetic adult friends (Maria's paternal grandmother plays an important role, giving Georgia loving advice). This is a realistic, sometimes humorous, sometimes sad family story; while Blythe has problems with alcohol, both Stanley and Lyle turn out to be good fathers. The book follows a White default for most characters; Maria is Mexican American. A sincere story of caring and community in the face of family struggles.
Grade FromThird Grade
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisFor fans of Kate DiCamillo and Sharon Creech comes this "both raw and warm in its compassionate telling" ( Publishers Weekly ) middle grade novel about a young girl, her pet bearded dragon, and the friends who make her summer one to remember. Georgia Weathers's worry machine has been on full blast since her mom, Blythe, took off in Lyle Lenczycki's blue sedan. Earlier that same day, Blythe gave Georgia a bearded dragon named Freddy. Georgia is convinced that if she loves Freddy enough, Blythe will come home. Georgia isn't the only one with family predicaments. Her friend Maria Garcia's parents have merrily moved out of the house and into a camper in the yard. Roland Park is the new boy in town. As a kid in the foster care system staying with the Farley family, he's sure his stay is temporary. When the three friends discover an abandoned glass house in the forest, it becomes their secret hideout: a place all their own, free of parents and problems. But glass can be broken. When everything around them feels out of their control, the question becomes what can they hold on to? And what do they have to let go? It turns out, there are some things--and lizards--they can count on.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.L8582Car 2021
![The Care and Keeping of Freddy by Long, Susan Hill [Hardback]](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/aloAAeSwGIZoM2ms/s-l225.jpg)
