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The Summer My Father Was Ten Boyds Mills PR Edition
Contributor(s): Brisson, Pat (Author), Shine, Andrea (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 1563978296 ISBN-13: 9781563978296
Publisher: Astra Young Readers

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1999
Annotation: A moving story of one boy's efforts to make amends after destroying a neighbor's garden.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents

Dewey: E

LCCN: 97072769

Age Level: 5-7

Grade Level: Kindergarten-2

Lexile Measure: 860 NC (Nonconforming Text)

Physical Information: 0.13" H x 8.72" W x 12" L (0.39 lbs) 32 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Friendship

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Picture Storybook, 2001
North Carolina Children's Book Award, Nominee, Junior Book, 2001

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 21299
Reading Level: 4.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

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Publisher Description:
Every year my father and I plant a garden. Tomatoes, peppers, onions, marigold, and zinnias grow in neat, straight rows...and every spring my father tells me about Mr. Bellavista and the summer my father was ten. -From the book. That was the summer the boy lost a baseball under a tomato plant in Mr. Bellavista's garden. And someone tossed a tomato back instead of the baseball. A lively battle took place, which seemed like great fun at the time, but in the end Mr. Bellavista's garden had been destroyed. In a touching story of one boy's efforts to make amends, we see the rebuilding of a garden and the forming of a relationship across generations. With luminous, beautifully detailed watercolors, the artist has captured both the sadness and the quiet joy woven throughout the tale.

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