The Fantastic Secret Of Owen Jester

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1429994681
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing secret has tumbled off a freight train into Carter, Georgia, and Owen Jester is the only person who knows about it. If he can simply manage to evade his grandfather's snappish housekeeper, organize his two best friends, and keep his nosy neighbor, Viola, at bay, he just might be in for the summer of a lifetime. With her trademark wit and easy charm, Barbara O'Connor spins a fantastic fable of friends, enemies, and superbly slimy bullfrogs. This title has Common Core connections.

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312561123
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Steal a Dog written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate to hold her struggling family together, Georgina Hayes is inspired after she spots a poster offering a $500 reward for the return of a missing dog. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward.

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466809302
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greetings from Nowhere written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aggie isn't expecting visitors at the Sleepy Time Motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. Since her husband died, she is all alone with her cat, Ugly, and keeping up with the bills and repairs has become next to impossible. The pool is empty, the garden is overgrown, and not a soul has come to stay in nearly three months. When she reluctantly places a For Sale ad in the newspaper, Aggie doesn't know that Kirby and his mom will need a room when their car breaks down on the way to Kirby's new reform school. Or that Loretta and her parents will arrive in her dad's plumbing company van on a trip meant to honor the memory of Loretta's birth mother. Or that Clyde Dover will answer the For Sale ad in such a hurry and move in with his daughter, Willow, looking for a brand-new life to replace the one that was fractured when Willow's mom left. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that Aggie and her guests find just the friends they need at the shabby motel in the middle of nowhere. From an author long recognized for her true Southern voice and heartfelt characters, Greetings from Nowhere, with its four intertwining stories, brings Barbara O'Connor's work to a new level of sophistication. This title has Common Core connections.

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374310602
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wonderland written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new novel from the beloved author of "Wish." When her mother uproots them, 10-year-old Mavis is determined to find a best friend in Landry, Alabama, where the summer also holds the promise of friendship and change for a sad man, a stray dog, and a timid girl.

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466813024
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moonpie and Ivy written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2004-04-02 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girl abandoned by her mother discovers the feeling of family Pearl's mother, Ruby, just up and left her with Aunt Ivy, who's a complete stranger to Pearl. "Your mama's done gone off the deep end," Ivy says, and Pearl wonders if she'll ever come back - Ruby has always been wild and irresponsible. So Pearl is stuck with Aunt Ivy, and Moonpie, the neighbor boy whose mother doesn't want him, either, and John Dee, Aunt Ivy's Beau. But these three people seem to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, in a way that Pearl can't comprehend, and she feels left out. As she starts to understand what connects them, and how much she wants to be a part of it, Ruby appears. With a vividly depicted setting, emotional truth, and a distinctly Southern voice, Barbara O'Connor shows how Pearl develops a whole new notion of what she wants, and what she deserves.

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466809949
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beethoven in Paradise written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 1999-09-10 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a trailer park called Paradise "You're just wasting your God-given talents if you don't get yourself something besides a little ole harmonica to play." Wylene made it sound so easy. Martin had always like music -- liked to listen to it, liked to make up tunes in his head. But all he had to do was say the word "piano" to his father and all hell would break loose. His father thought music was for sissies, and was always mad at Martin for not being good at baseball. But with a lot of help from his friends Wylene and Sybil and his grandmother, Hazeline, Martin learns that, although he can't change his father, he can learn to stick up for himself. With humor, pathos, and a colorful cast of offbeat characters, Barbara O'Connor shows that there's room for genius wherever there's a place for compassion-- even in Paradise.

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374314462
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Halfway to Harmony written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartfelt middle-grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Barbara O’Connor about a boy whose life is upended after the loss of his older brother—timeless, classic, and whimsical. Walter Tipple is looking for adventure. He keeps having a dream that his big brother, Tank, appears before him and says, “Let’s you and me go see my world, little man.” But Tank went to the army and never came home, and Walter doesn’t know how to see the world without him. Then he meets Posey, the brash new girl from next door, and an eccentric man named Banjo, who’s off on a bodacious adventure of his own. What follows is a summer of taking chances, becoming braver, and making friends—and maybe Walter can learn who he wants to be without the brother he always wanted to be like. Halfway to Harmony is an utterly charming story about change and growing up. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other middle-grade work—like Wish; Wonderland; How to Steal a Dog; Greetings from Nowhere; Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia; The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester; and more!

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374302731
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wish written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers the true meaning of family.

Author : Barbara O'Connor
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466809930
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia written by Barbara O'Connor and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will a spelling bee be the answer to all of Bird's problems? All her life, all Bird has ever wanted is to be noticed in her small town and to get to Disney World. As it turns out, Bird just might have a chance to realize at least one of her goals because of a state spelling bee, and she might get to make a friend along the way – a boy named Harlem Tate who has just moved to Freedom. Harlem seems like a kindred spirit – someone like Bird, whom people don't usually take the time to find the good in. (Unless it's someone like Miss Delphine, who always makes Bird feel special.) But as much as Bird tries to get his attention, Harlem is not easily won over. Then Harlem agrees to be her partner in the spelling bee, and if they study hard enough, the two might just win everything Bird's always wanted. In Barbara O'Connor's funny new novel, a spunky young girl discovers that sometimes all it takes to feel famous is a little recognition from true friends. Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core connections.

Author : Tom Angleberger
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613124511
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Origami Yoda #1) written by Tom Angleberger and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange things are happening at McQuarrie Middle School in the opener to the New York Times bestselling series from Tom Angleberger! It takes the wisdom of Yoda to survive the sixth grade. Meet Dwight, a sixth-grade oddball. Dwight does a lot of weird things, like wearing the same T-shirt for a month or telling people to call him "Captain Dwight." But Dwight does one cool thing. He makes origami. One day he makes an origami finger puppet of Yoda. And that's when things get mysterious. Origami Yoda can predict the future and suggest the best way to deal with a tricky situation. His advice actually works, and soon most of the sixth grade is lining up with questions. Dwight's friend Tommy wants to know how Origami Yoda can be so smart when Dwight is so clueless. Is Yoda tapping into the Force? This is Tommy's case file of his investigation into "The Strange Case of Origami Yoda." Includes instructions for folding your own Origami Yoda.