| Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters Contributor(s): McKissack, Patricia (Author), Carrilho, Andre (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0375836195 ISBN-13: 9780375836190 Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Newbery Honor author McKissack's tall tales of humor and exaggeration are told on a front porch to friends and family. Whether side-splittingly funny or spine-chillingly spooky, most of these tales are seeped in early 20th century African-American history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005022048 |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 7.9" W x 10.62" (1.68 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 108714 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology The Dark Thirty is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm. From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch... to the captivating introductions to each tale, in which the storyteller introduces himself and sets the stage for what follows... to the ten entertaining tales themselves, here is a worthy successor to McKissack's The Dark Thirty. In The Best Lie Ever Told, meet Dooley Hunter, a trickster who spins an enormous whopper at the State Liar's contest. In Aunt Gran and the Outlaws, watch a little old lady slickster outsmart Frank and Jesse James. And in Cake Norris Lives On, come face to face with a man some folks believe may have died up to twenty-seven different times |