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Bezig met laden... The Present Tense of Prinny Murphydoor Jill MacLean
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Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature Winner, 2010 On the 2011 USBBY Outstanding International Books honor list 2010 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award Nominee On Resource Links Best Books of 2009 list 2010 OLA Best Bets -Children's Fiction Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award 2011 On VOYA's Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers 2010 list Josette Frank Award nominee, by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education, 2011 The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy picks up the story where The Nine Lives of Travis Keating leaves off - but this time, from the perspective of Prinny, Travis's friend. An alcoholic mother, a distracted father, a best friend who spends all his time with his new "girlfriend", and three relentless schoolyard bullies: Prinny Murphy's past, present, and future certainly are "tense." Adding to her misery, she still can't read well enough to escape from remedial lessons with the dour Mrs.Dooks. But when a kindly substitute teacher introduces her to LaVaughn's inner-city world in the free verse novel, Make Lemonade, Prinny discovers that life can be full of possibilities - and poetry. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Prinny Murphy. Prinny cannot read. She lives with her overworked and overwhelmed father. As the story opens, her alcoholic mother has been kicked out of the family home. Prinny attempts to deal with her tragic family circumstances, as well as tackling her reading problems and three relentless bullies at school. This story by Canadian author Jill MacLean provides an accurate portrayal of life in Newfoundland, including the Newfoundland dialect.
This book is appropriate for junior and intermediate students. It would work well as a read aloud, for literature circles and as an introduction to a poetry study. Students could make meaningful connections to the book by looking at the themes of family dynamics, animals, friendship, trust, alcoholism and literacy.
It could be recommended as a book for "The Future We Want" program as it examines issues related to classism. (