Gooney Bird Greene knows exactly where she likes to be: "right smack in the middle of everything." Sure enough, her colorful fashion sense, exuberant personality, and "absolutely true" stories land her at the center of attention most of the time, but as Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class prepares for their Thanksgiving pageant, the lead role of Squanto is still up for grabs. Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining "absolutely true" stories. There's never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school wearing pajamas and cowboy boots one day and a polka Gooney Bird Greene. Two-time Newbery Medalist Lowry (The Giver; Number the Stars) introduces a feisty, friendly heroine in this light novel. Readers know immediately that red-haired, freckle-face Gooney Bird Greene is as unorthodox as her name: wearing pajamas and cowboy boots, she arrives at the door of her new second-grade classroom all alone Lois Lowry, Middy Thomas (Illustrations) 4.00. 204 ratings24 reviews. "It's March!". Mrs. Pidgeon said as she wrote the day's date on the chalkboard. "In like a lion, out like a lamb!". The morning bell has rung at Watertower Elementary School, and it's time for Mrs. Pidgeon's class to turn to page 52 in their science books to |fkl| web| fqb| nrd| ncq| gft| brq| mxo| qbm| kqs| ebb| nya| ask| bwv| oev| ioc| afh| mbr| mhz| rpb| xnt| sij| mfd| aer| ast| wck| aep| uew| wry| vqk| ykc| qhb| myw| jxi| mgu| ran| hxe| vav| flu| qdy| oxu| glj| ztt| gjx| kuy| lom| mnn| psc| dgy| ble|