Summary
Poor Little Rich Boy
Winston Carmichael has it all: a big house, servants, vacations in Palm Beach, and a fancy private school. But with overprotective parents and a sense of responsibility for his younger sister, Heidi, Winston sometimes feels more as if he’s living in a prison than a dream.
Then one day a woman appears at the front door claiming to be Caroline – Winston’s half sister, who was kidnapped and presumed dead long before he and Heidi were born. Is…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416955009 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1416955003 |
| Author: | E.L. Konigsburg |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Aladdin Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Edition: | 0002nd |
| Release Date: | 18 April 2008 |
| Weight: | 122g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 130mm x 10mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“Perceptive readers who enjoy deliberating over a puzzle will remember the arcane daughter.”–Booklist,starred review
“Original and beautifully crafted.”
– Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, starred review
“Perceptive readers who enjoy deliberating over a puzzle will remember the arcane daughter.”
– Booklist, starred review
About The Author
E.L. Konigsburg
E.L. Konigsburg is the only author to have received the Newbery Medal and a Newbery Honor in the same year. In 1968, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named a Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View from Saturday. Among her other acclaimed books are Silent to the Bone, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, and A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver.
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