| Throwing Shadows Contributor(s): Konigsburg, E. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416949593 ISBN-13: 9781416949596 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: 'A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber ' A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting ' A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan ' A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman in an old folks' home ' A widow and her son seize an opportunity presented by a pair of antiques dealers In each of these extraordinary short stories from the perceptive pen of E. L. Konigsburg, a chance meeting between two people casts a shadow on what things have been and what they can become, and changes a life forever.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways - Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007281976 |
| Lexile Measure: 1010 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.26" W x 7.64" (0.27 lbs) 176 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 24948 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber ' A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting ' A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan ' A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman in an old folks' home ' A widow and her son seize an opportunity presented by a pair of antiques dealers In each of these extraordinary short stories from the perceptive pen of E. L. Konigsburg, a chance meeting between two people casts a shadow on what things have been and what they can become, and changes a life forever. |
Contributor Bio(s): Konigsburg, E. L.: - E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday. Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World. |