The Great Unexpected Contributor(s): Creech, Sharon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061892327 ISBN-13: 9780061892325 Publisher: HarperCollins
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2012 |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2012942431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 9-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 4-6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 720(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.85" W x 8.52" L (0.73 lbs) 240 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Cultural Region - Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 100 Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2012 Publishers Weekly 07/16/2012 pg. 169 Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2012 pg. 1644 School Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 102 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2012 pg. 84 Shelf Awareness 09/14/2012 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2012 New York Times Book Review 11/11/2012 pg. 36 Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2012 pg. 55 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average BookPage 09/01/2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 153512 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
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Publisher Description: From Newbery Medal winner and bestselling author Sharon Creech comes a grand, sweeping yarn that is a celebration of the great and unexpected gifts of love, friendship, and forgiveness. With a starred review from Kirkus Reviews calling it an enchanting tale to treasure, The Great Unexpected captures the heart and the imagination. Humorous and heartfelt, this is a story of pairs--of young Naomi and Lizzie, both orphans in present-day Blackbird Tree, USA, and of Sybil and Nula, grown-up sisters from faraway Rook's Orchard, Ireland, who have become estranged. Young Naomi Deane is brimming with curiosity and her best friend, Lizzie Scatterding, could talk the ears off a cornfield. Naomi has a knack for being around when trouble happens. She knows all the peculiar people in town--like Crazy Cora and Witch Wiggins. But then, one day, a boy drops out of a tree. Just like that. A strangely charming Finn boy. And then the Dingle Dangle man appears, asking all kinds of questions. Curious surprises are revealed--three locked trunks, a pair of rooks, a crooked bridge, and that boy--and soon Naomi and Lizzie find their lives changed forever. As two worlds are woven together, Creech reveals that hearts can be mended and that there is indeed a gossamer thread that connects us all. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Creech, Sharon: - Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain's Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler. Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, "lured there by our grandchildren," Creech says. www.sharoncreech.com |
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