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Available
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Publication
Scholastic Inc. (An Apple Paperback)
Pages
158
Description
Two inseparable ten-year-old boys discover there is room in their friendship for another person and it really doesn't matter that she is a girl.
Description
Poor Rory and Derek. just as the boys are looking forward to their best summer ever, they're ordered to play host to a girl, named Bolivia, visiting nearby. "You'll love her," parents and neighbors insist -- but the ten-year-old best friends know better. After all, nobody consulted them about making their twosome a threesome. So the boys unleash Rory's revenge: clever schemes to avoid meeting or speaking with their unwanted guest.
Sometimes, though, how you react to a new situation isn't quite the way you thought you were going to. Rory and Derek discover this -- and learn a few things about their own friendship, too -- during what turns out to be a most unpredictable summer.
With her unerring ability to humorously evoke children's concerns and quandaries, Johanna Hurwitz has created yet another story sure to be popular with young readers.
Sometimes, though, how you react to a new situation isn't quite the way you thought you were going to. Rory and Derek discover this -- and learn a few things about their own friendship, too -- during what turns out to be a most unpredictable summer.
With her unerring ability to humorously evoke children's concerns and quandaries, Johanna Hurwitz has created yet another story sure to be popular with young readers.
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Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
158 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0590428586 / 9780590428583
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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
Adorable, especially for the age group (9-12) that it's aimed at. I'd even go a bit younger. The themes of what makes a person a good friend, and how does one go about making a new friend, lend themselves well to discussion.
Personally, I thought it a bit simplistic - but then, I'm not a kid. It isgoes to summer camp.
Personally, I thought it a bit simplistic - but then, I'm not a kid. It is
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episodic, meaning that within the story arc are chapters that read like short stories. This makes for a good class or family read-aloud. My favorite chapter is Aurora Borealis, in which Rory and Bolivia are left to amuse each other after Derek Show Less
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1987)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 1987)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1987)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1987)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1988)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 1989)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1988)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 1990)
Call number
J3D.Hur