The Brand New Kid
Katherine Couric$16.11
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Ellie McSnelly and Carrie O'Toole were running and laughing-their first day of school was today! And they wondered just what was in store.
Would this be a good year?
Would school be a bore? Everyone remembers feeling excited and nervous each fall on the first day of school. It's no different for Ellie McSnelly and Carrie O'Toole. But this year, there's not only a new teacher to meet, but a brand new kid as well. Lazlo S. Gasky doesn't look or speak quite like the other kids, and no one is sure what to make of him. In fact, they respond to his arrival at Brookhaven School by taunting and teasing him. But when Ellie realizes how tough it is for Lazlo, she reaches out, and after school one day they share an afternoon of soccer, strudel, and chess. Besides making a new friend, she and Lazlo teach their classmates an important lesson-one that isn't in their schoolbooks-about accepting people who are different...and in getting to know Lazlo, the kids learn that people aren't that different from each other after all. From one of America's most respected journalists, The Brand New Kid is a heartwarming story about tolerance and the need to give others a chance that will entertain and inspire children and adults alike.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 10/10/2000
ISBN: 9780385500302
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 10.32h x 8.32w x 0.38d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2000 pg. 96
Entertainment Weekly 08/18/2000 pg. 120
Publishers Weekly 10/02/2000 pg. 80
New York Times 11/19/2000 pg. 59
School Library Journal 02/01/2001 pg. 93
Library Journal 06/01/2000
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 44050 / Brand New Kid
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
Would this be a good year?
Would school be a bore? Everyone remembers feeling excited and nervous each fall on the first day of school. It's no different for Ellie McSnelly and Carrie O'Toole. But this year, there's not only a new teacher to meet, but a brand new kid as well. Lazlo S. Gasky doesn't look or speak quite like the other kids, and no one is sure what to make of him. In fact, they respond to his arrival at Brookhaven School by taunting and teasing him. But when Ellie realizes how tough it is for Lazlo, she reaches out, and after school one day they share an afternoon of soccer, strudel, and chess. Besides making a new friend, she and Lazlo teach their classmates an important lesson-one that isn't in their schoolbooks-about accepting people who are different...and in getting to know Lazlo, the kids learn that people aren't that different from each other after all. From one of America's most respected journalists, The Brand New Kid is a heartwarming story about tolerance and the need to give others a chance that will entertain and inspire children and adults alike.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 10/10/2000
ISBN: 9780385500302
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 10.32h x 8.32w x 0.38d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/2000 pg. 96
Entertainment Weekly 08/18/2000 pg. 120
Publishers Weekly 10/02/2000 pg. 80
New York Times 11/19/2000 pg. 59
School Library Journal 02/01/2001 pg. 93
Library Journal 06/01/2000
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 44050 / Brand New Kid
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5