| Tall Story Contributor(s): Gourlay, Candy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385752334 ISBN-13: 9780385752336 Publisher: Yearling Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation - Basketball - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" (0.45 lbs) 304 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 142172 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long-lost half-brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London where he belongs. Then Andi's biggest wish comes true and she's minutes away from becoming someone's little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo to arrive from the Philippines, she hopes he'll turn out to be tall and just as crazy as she is about basketball. When he finally arrives, he's tall all right. Eight feet tall, in fact--plagued by condition called Gigantism and troubled by secrets that he believes led to his phenomenal growth. In a novel packed with quirkiness and humor, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures. |
