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I say I am one girl who is feeling not-so-sure about things on account of my parents got a separation. Plus my mom and I just moved to Washington, D.C. Plus I haven’t met any friends yet but I do know someone who is not one and that is Adam Melon, who I call Melonhead.
Here’s another thing about me: most of the time I am plain hilarious.
First-time author Katy Kelly introduces us to an original thinker who’s got a lot on her mind and she’s ready to share (minus the boring parts, of course). Lucy Rose is an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind girl with spark, spunk, and one great pair of cowgirl boots! (No kidding!)
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Release date
September 14, 2004 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780739353387
- File size: 67667 KB
- Duration: 02:20:58
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 4.7
- Lexile® Measure: 1090
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 7-9
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Reviews
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Summer stretches ahead, and Lucy Rose is ready. Tara Sands captures Lucy's determined and urgent first-person point of view in delivering Lucy's every thought and plan as she shares art activities at the playground, navigates summer friendships, wages battle with squirrels who would like to eat her grandparents' apricots, counts down to her birthday, and goes on a special outing with her dad. Sands is a convincing, invincible, and egocentric charmer. Tenderly she helps Lucy acknowledge the one thing she would like most to plan--the reconciliation of her parents. Fans of Junie B. Jones or Judy Moody will find a compatriot in Lucy Rose. A.R. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine -
April 1, 2005
Gr 2-4 -Readers of the Amber Brown and Rosy Cole series will love Lucy Rose, an eight-year-old whose has moved to Washington, DC, with her mother after her parents' separation. Her maternal grandparents are a huge factor in her life, especially since her grandmother, also named Lucy Rose, is an advice columnist who is an expert on children. The younger Lucy Rose writes this book about herself because she is an "original thinker," according to Pop. Lucy Rose copes with all the usual issues of being the new kid in school. The school year continues in a series of little vignettes where Lucy Rose writes about incidents such as wanting to take the class guinea pig home for vacation, writing anonymous letters to her grandmother asking for advice, and the incessant teasing by Andrew "Melonhead" Melon. Although she misses her dad, they speak often. Mom, Madam (Grandma), and Pop gently help Lucy Rose through the anxieties caused by her parents' separation. Written by Katy Kelly (Delacorte, 2004) and told in diary format, Tara Sands sounds absolutely convincing as Lucy Rose. She also does the voices of family members and friends the way a child would, such as sounding absurdly deep voiced when quoting Pop. By the end of the story, Lucy Rose realizes that she likes being a city girl and has learned many lessons. Hopefully there will be further adventures of the indomitable third grader. -"B. Allison Gray, John Jermain Memorial Library, Sag Harbor, NY"Copyright 2005 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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