Status
Available
Call number
Call number
03-18-0035
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Series
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Publication
Oetinger (2006), Edition: 1., Aufl., 143 pages
Description
Eight-year-old Lucy Rose keeps a diary of her first year in Washington, D.C., her home since her parents separation, where she spends time with her grandparents, makes new friends, and longs to convince her teacher to let her take care of the class pet during a holiday.
Awards
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2006)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2007)
User reviews
LibraryThing member francescadefreitas
When Lucy Rose's parents split up. Lucy Rose moves to Washington with her mother. She has to make new friends, miss her dad, and adjust to life in a different city - and she does so with style, and as her grandfather puts it, original thinking.I'd give this to tweens looking for realistic stories,
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especially if they want a series book. Show Less
LibraryThing member rhigginbotham
Lucy Rose is spunky eight year old who journals the trials and tribulations of her first year at a new school in a new state. She's a fan of guinea pigs, palindromes, and her family, but not so much a fan of her schoolmate, "melonhead." The story takes you on a first person account of how she is
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adjusting to her parents being seperated, a new school, meeting new friends and turning new "enemies" into friends. Show Less
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
In diary format and first-person voice, follows the life of 8-year-old Lucy Rose in the course of a school year. Lucy Rose is a spunky, practical girl dealing with the separation of her parents; starting a new school; Adam "Melonhead," an annoying boy in her class; and yearning for her turn to take
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home the class guinea pig Jake. But there are some god things going on: her best friend in D.C. is Jonique McBee, she regularly visits her grandparents Madam and Pop, and Mr. Welsh is a pretty good teacher. Despite the worries and concerns of an 8-year-old, Lucy Rose approaches them with aplomb and humor. Show Less
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ISBN
3789140236 / 9783789140235