age ~84
from Miramar, FL
Immigration in contemporary America is explored in a powerful lyric novel from award-winning poet Maria Testa.What happens to a dream divided?Draping colorful scarves around her neck, the thirteen-year-old from Kosova thinks of herself as a typical American schoolgirl, happy to blend into eighth gra...
Author
Maria Testa
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
96
Publisher
Candlewick
ISBN #
0763625280
EAN Code
9780763625283
ISBN #
11
"Rapt readers don’t need to know anything about Vietnam to understand love, loss, fear, and waiting. A tour de force." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)When the six-year-old narrator of this lyric novel watches her father march off to serve a year in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, a year seems like a ...
Author
Maria Testa
Binding
Paperback
Pages
80
Publisher
Candlewick
ISBN #
0763633666
EAN Code
9780763633660
ISBN #
4
"Maria Testa uses spare verse to tell a poignant story about a child touched by war. . . . An excellent choice for classroom discussion." — BOOKLISTThe thirteen-year-old from Kosova thinks of herself as a typical American schoolgirl. But for her parents, moving to Maine was just a sad necessity, a w...
Author
Maria Testa
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
Candlewick
ISBN #
0763634158
EAN Code
9780763634155
ISBN #
1
Named after the mighty Babe Ruth, Ruth DiMarco has some big shoes to fill. But she’s already on her way to achieving her dream of becoming a major-league baseball player. Eleven-year-old Ruth is the star shortstop in her small Maine town, and now a reporter is coming to interview her for Sports Illu...
Author
Maria Testa
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
Yearling
ISBN #
0440416698
EAN Code
9780440416692
ISBN #
3
"With ineffable tenderness and absolute clarity, Testa tells a tale in blank verse. . . . Powerfully moving as it braids together baseball, family, and the Italian-American experience." —BOOKLIST (starred review)It's 1936, and the Yankees have just hired a star center fielder whose name sounds like ...
Author
Maria Testa
Binding
Paperback
Pages
64
Publisher
Candlewick
ISBN #
0763624446
EAN Code
9780763624446
ISBN #
2
After visiting his mother in prison on his seventh birthday, Raymond wishes it were his ninth birthday when Mama has promised to be home with his dad and him.
Author
Maria Testa
Binding
Library Binding
Pages
32
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books Inc.
ISBN #
0876149409
EAN Code
9780876149409
ISBN #
8
Davey describes how he spends his time after school trying to keep safe and warm until he can meet his mother and older brother when the shelter opens at eight o'clock.
Author
Maria Testa
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN #
0807575240
EAN Code
9780807575246
ISBN #
7
In three separate stories, a boy with Down syndrome makes a new friend, helps his sister with a difficult decision, and finally draws a picture he likes.
Author
Maria Testa, Diane Paterson
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
37
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN #
0807579068
EAN Code
9780807579060
ISBN #
6