Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances

by Lenore Look

Hardcover, 2011

Status

Checked out

Publication

Schwartz & Wade (2011), Edition: Reprint, 208 pages

Description

A fearful second grader in Concord, Massachusetts, learns about death when his grandfather's best friend passes away and he offers to accompany his grandfather to the funeral.

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Alvin Ho's back to his usual antics! When his gunggung's friend passes away, Alvin volunteers to go to the funeral even though he's scared. But when a terrible mix up at school has his entire second grade class thinking that Alvin's grandpa has died, Alcin must figure out how to make things right.
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A solid entry to this series that will have kids chuckling along even as they identify with some of Alvin's fears.
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Awards

The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2012)

Original language

English

Physical description

208 p.; 5.81 inches

ISBN

0375968318 / 9780375968310

Barcode

7032
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