Gertie's Leap to Greatness Contributor(s): Beasley, Kate (Author), Tamaki, Jillian (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0374302618 ISBN-13: 9780374302610 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) OUR PRICE: $14.44 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2015030871 |
Lexile Measure: 720 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.6" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 256 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 184757 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Meet the new Ramona Quimby! -- Entertainment Weekly Gertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides to move away from their small town, Gertie sets out on her greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth grader in the universe to show her mother exactly what she'll be leaving behind. There's just one problem: Seat-stealing new girl Mary Sue Spivey wants to be the best fifth grader, too. And there is simply not enough room at the top for the two of them. From debut author Kate Beasley, and with illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Jillian Tamaki, comes a classic tale of hope and homecoming that will empty your heart, then fill it back up again--one laugh at a time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tamaki, Jillian: - Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator and comics artist. She is the co-creator of Skim and This One Summer, and the author of SuperMutant Magic Academy and Boundless (2017). She has taught comics and illustration in New York City at SVA and The New School. She lives in Toronto. jilliantamaki.comBeasley, Kate: - Kate Beasley holds a Masters in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives with her family in Claxton, Georgia, with two dogs, one parrot, lots of cows, and a cat named Edgar. Gertie's Leap to Greatness is her first novel.Tamaki, Jillian: - Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator and comics artist. She is the co-creator of Skim and This One Summer, and the author of SuperMutant Magic Academy and Boundless (2017). She has taught comics and illustration in New York City at SVA and The New School. She lives in Toronto. |