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Toby's family rented a house for the summer. All Toby wanted to do was ride his bike down big hills and have fun outside. Toby's mom is always worrying about him, and she does not want Toby doing anything that might cause him to get hurt. Toby has cancer. During the summer, Toby meets an elderly lady named Pearl, who once wrote poetry. She is 90 years old, nearly blind, and she won't leave her house even though that's what her family wants. Pearl has an old cow named Blossom. Toby enjoys spending time with the cow, just like Pearl. Pearl and Toby develop a close friendship. One day Toby finds a lump on his body. His cancer has recurred. He doesn't tell anyone because he does not want to go back to the hospital and endure additional painful treatments. He's also having fun for the first time in a long time. When Blossom the Cow dies from old age, it serves as a wake up call to Toby. He decides he needs to fight his cancer again.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0312535813
ISBN-13: 9780312535810
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Antonia can't believe she agreed to be a peer counselor, especially when she finds out who she's counseling: Jazz Luther, with her purple hair and black lipstick. She tells Dr. DiLeo that she could never counsel someone like Jazz, but he urges her to continue. As she does, Antonia finds her own life starting to unravel, and she finds it harder and harder to keep it a secret. How can Antonia possibly help someone like Jazz when she can barely hold her own life together?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 4/30/2010
ISBN-10: 0316706310
ISBN-13: 9780316706315
Digby
Barbara Shook Hazen (1997), 32 pages
Illustrated by Barbara J. Phillips-Duke
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
DIGBY by Barbara Shook Hazen is a warm and tender story about aging and how a little boy comes to understand why his dog cannot play with him like he used to. He learns that although Digby can't play catch or do tricks any more, he is good at watching, understanding, and best of all, being his 'faithful friend.'
Book Series: I Can Read Book
Similar authors: Arnold Lobel
Similar books: Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/1/2009
ISBN-10: 1424204666
Do Bananas Chew Gum?
Jamie Gilson (1997), 160 pages
Illustrated by Michael Garland
Audience: 4th Grade - 7th Grade
Able to read and write at only a second grade level, sixth-grader Sam considers himself dumb. But feeling stupid is no simple matter. Like digging for treasure, there's no telling what you might find going on inside someone's head.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0688152945
ISBN-13: 9780688152949
Deet has always known that he's different from other people: he just doesn't like the same things they do. He's worlds apart from his parents, whose common sense is nonexistent: to them, sense means buying a red Corvette when you've already run out of money. Deet keeps his life together because he's organized and efficient. When his dad is caught with drugs, arrested, and put in jail, Deet doesn't know how to hold it together anymore.
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 5/14/2010
ISBN-10: 1416914005
ISBN-13: 9781416914006
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