| Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi Contributor(s): Shalant, Phyllis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0595444776 ISBN-13: 9780595444779 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: All Bartleby has ever known is life in his plastic bowl. Then his boy chucks him into the big water place. There Bartleby faces challenges both fearful and thrilling. He also meets another discarded pet-Seezer-an alligator whose true home is the Mighty Mississippi, too. Seezer wants Bartleby to help him seek out the great river. But can a small turtle trust a growing alligator? "The most redoubtable animal character down the pike since Avi's Poppy."-Booklist Junior Library Guild Selection New York Public Library 100 Best Books Washington Irving Children's Choice Honor Book Golden Sower Children's Choice Book Award nominee |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Turtles |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 560 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 39865 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: All Bartleby has ever known is life in his plastic bowl. Then his boy chucks him into the big water place. There Bartleby faces challenges both fearful and thrilling. He also meets another discarded pet-Seezer-an alligator whose true home is the Mighty Mississippi, too. Seezer wants Bartleby to help him seek out the great river. But can a small turtle trust a growing alligator? "The most redoubtable animal character down the pike since Avi's Poppy."-Booklist Junior Library Guild Selection New York Public Library 100 Best Books Washington Irving Children's Choice Honor Book Golden Sower Children's Choice Book Award nominee |
