| The Mayor of Central Park Contributor(s): Avi (Author), Floca, Brian (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0060515570 ISBN-13: 9780060515577 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $6.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: Newbery Medalist Avi creates a new animal world in New York's Central Park in the year 1900, where squirrels manage baseball teams, rats invade the park, and a possum works to save the day. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Squirrels - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002154314 |
| Lexile Measure: 570 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.24" W x 7.52" (0.31 lbs) 193 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 71689 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Life is good for Oscar Westerwit. He's the mayor of Central Park -- the greatest place on earth for the squirrels, chipmunks, mice, and other animals who live there. He's the shortstop and manager of his baseball team. What could be bad? Plenty Big Daddy Duds, jewel thief, all-around thug, and leader of rats, is about to take over the park. And when he does, the other animals who live there will be turned out of their homes. Everyone looks to Oscar to save the day, but he may not even be able to save himself. . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Avi: - Avi is the award-winning author of more than eighty-two books for young readers, ranging from animal fantasy to gripping historical fiction, picture books to young adult novels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead won the Newbery Medal, and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth were awarded Newbery Honors. He is also the author of the popular Poppy series. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit him online at www.avi-writer.com. Floca, Brian: -Brian Floca, in addition to being the illustrator of the books in Avi's Poppy Stories series, is the author and illustrator of the acclaimed picture books Locomotive, winner of the Caldecott Medal; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11; Lightship; The Racecar Alphabet; and Five Trucks. You can visit him online at www.brianfloca.com. |