Julia Gillian (and The Art Of Knowing)

by Alison Mcghee

Other authorsDrazen Kozjan (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2008

Status

Available

Publication

Scholastic Press (2008), Edition: First Edition, 288 pages

Description

Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer, and she seeks the courage to finish a book that could have an unhappy ending.

User reviews

LibraryThing member mayaspector
Julia's a wonderful nine-year-old character with understanding parents and fine neighbors, and a big dog. She's smart, funny, quirky and creative. The one thing missing (and never addressed in the book) is that she has no friends her age. She does well with dogs and adults, but where are the other
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LibraryThing member satyridae
Charming without being the least bit treacly, loving but not at all mawkish, this is a pure sweet paean to a childhood without evil lurking in the cupboards. Wonderful through and through.
LibraryThing member scote23
BIS Book Award Nominee 2009-2010

Liked Julia, thought the premise of the story was thin.
LibraryThing member librarian1204
I am so glad that Julia knows why I save those dog books until last. I, too worry.
Wonderful story with illustrations that add so much to the book.
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Narrated by Emily Bauer. Light middle-reader fiction about Julia's challenges and achievements: trying to win the meerkat in the claw game, finishing a sad book about an old dog, and getting face time with her graduate-student parents.
LibraryThing member matthewbloome
This one just never caught me. I didn't feel empathy or the main character and I certainly didn't connect. She just didn't have the depth that a main character needs. I wasn't impressed.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2008-06-01

Physical description

288 p.; 7.75 inches

ISBN

0545033489 / 9780545033480
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