Flip-Flop Girl
$15.52
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
1 February 1996
Summary
Written by Newbery Medalist, National Book Award winner, and Laura Ingalls Wilder Award recipient, and author of Bridge to Terabithia.
Vinnie Matthews needs a real lifesaver–one that will bring her father back to life and let her family go home. Living with Grandma means having to be responsible for her little brother, Mason, who refuses to speak, and ignoring the kids who ask why he’s so crazy. Then Vinnie meets Lupe, the mysterious “flip-flop girl” who only wears orange flip-flops o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140376791 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140376798 |
| Author: | Katherine Paterson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 1996 |
| Weight: | 102g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 10mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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- “Resembles some of Paterson’s most affecting books, such as Bridge to Terabithia and The Great Gilly Hopkins… . All readers will know more about themselves when they get to the conclusion of this powerful story.”
About The Author
Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 30 books, including 16 novels for children and young people. She has twice won the Newbery Medal, for Bridge to Terabithia in 1978 and Jacob Have I Loved in 1981. The Master Puppeteer won the National Book Award in 1977 and The Great Gilly Hopkins won the National Book Award in 1979 and was also a Newbery Honor Book. For the body of her work she received the Hans Christian Anderson Award in 1998, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2006, and in 2000 was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress. She is a vice-president of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance and is a member of the board of trustees for Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is also a honorary lifetime member of the International Board of Books for Young People and an Alida Cutts lifetime member of the US section, USBBY. She is the 2010-2011 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
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