| The Summer My Father Was Ten Boyds Mills PR Edition Contributor(s): Brisson, Pat (Author), Shine, Andrea (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1563978296 ISBN-13: 9781563978296 Publisher: Astra Young Readers OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: A moving story of one boy's efforts to make amends after destroying a neighbor's garden. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 97072769 |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 8.72" W x 12" (0.39 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 21299 Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Every year my father and I plant a garden. Tomatoes, peppers, onions, marigold, and zinnias grow in neat, straight rows...and every spring my father tells me about Mr. Bellavista and the summer my father was ten. -From the book. That was the summer the boy lost a baseball under a tomato plant in Mr. Bellavista's garden. And someone tossed a tomato back instead of the baseball. A lively battle took place, which seemed like great fun at the time, but in the end Mr. Bellavista's garden had been destroyed. In a touching story of one boy's efforts to make amends, we see the rebuilding of a garden and the forming of a relationship across generations. With luminous, beautifully detailed watercolors, the artist has captured both the sadness and the quiet joy woven throughout the tale. |