Overview
A Newbery Honor author (Like Jake and Me) takes a captivating look at cowboys, courage, and community in a tender tale about family and friends pulling together, and what it really means to be a man.
Full Product Details
Author: Mavis Jukes
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Imprint: Farrar Straus Giroux
Dimensions:
Width: 14.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.40cm
Weight: 0.299kg
ISBN: 9780374370855
ISBN 10: 0374370850
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 31 March 2009
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
<p>“Engaging.” — Booklist <br> “Jukes is a masterful writer who makes it look easy with her accessible and unassuming style.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books <br> <p>“It’s a tender, audience-appropriate story that subtly handles themes of home, family and community.” — Kirkus Reviews <br> “Animal lovers in particular will relate to Jukes’s novel about a 12-year-old’s move from rural Idaho to an old farmstead in California . . . . Colton’s conflicts will be relevant to preteens who have struggled with unwelcome changes.” — Publishers Weekly <br>“The novel is well worth reading for the unusual setting(s) and point of view as well as for Jukes’s deft, uniquely direct characterizations, wherein everyone comes off as believable.” — The Horn Book
<p> Engaging. -- Booklist<br><br> Jukes is a masterful writer who makes it look easy with her accessible and unassuming style. -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br> <p> It's a tender, audience-appropriate story that subtly handles themes of home, family and community. -- Kirkus Reviews<br><br> Animal lovers in particular will relate to Jukes's novel about a 12-year-old's move from rural Idaho to an old farmstead in California . . . . Colton's conflicts will be relevant to preteens who have struggled with unwelcome changes. -- Publishers Weekly <br><br> The novel is well worth reading for the unusual setting(s) and point of view as well as for Jukes's deft, uniquely direct characterizations, wherein everyone comes off as believable. -- The Horn Book
Animal lovers in particular will relate to Jukes's novel about a 12-year-old's move from rural Idaho to an old farmstead in California . . . . Colton's conflicts will be relevant to preteens who have struggled with unwelcome changes. -- Publishers Weekly <br> The novel is well worth reading for the unusual setting(s) and point of view as well as for Jukes's deft, uniquely direct characterizations, wherein everyone comes off as believable. -- The Horn Book
Author Information
MAVIS JUKES has written numerous acclaimed books for children, including Blackberries in the Dark and Like Jake and Me, a Newbery Honor Book. She lives in Sonoma County, California.
