Josie Bloom and the emergency of life / Susan Hill Long.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 278 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781534444270
- 1534444270
- Josie Bloom & the emergency of life
- Baseball -- Fiction
- Finance, Personal -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- People with visual disabilities -- Juvenile fiction
- Baseball players -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Maine -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Maine -- Fiction
- Maine -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Long Susan Hi | Available | 33111009422573 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Entertaining and emotionally resonant." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Long nails the voice of a kid trying as hard as she can to tackle adult problems on her own when the well-meaning adults in her life fall short." -- Publishers Weekly
Josie Bloom is put to the test when she's confronted by mysterious wads of money, a washed-up baseball player, and a whole lot of squirrels in this hilarious and heartwarming novel in the spirit of Kate DiCamillo's Raymie Nightingale .
Josie Bloom discovers the first wad of money stuffed inside a packet of bologna, and the second hidden between the trash can and the bin liner. That money comes in handy when she finds the PAST DUE notice from the heating company. Seems like Grandpa has been spending more time feeding squirrels than paying the bills. But when a bill arrives that's too big to handle, Josie's going to need a plan to get more money--while keeping Grandpa's odd behavior a secret.
Hilarious and heartwarming, Josie Bloom and the Emergency of Life celebrates the lengths family and friends will go to when it looks like the squirrels are winning.
"A Paula Wiseman Book."
Ages 8-12
In 1977, middle-schooler Josie secretly takes on her aging grandfather's financial problems while also helping her friend Winky bail his Major League Baseball idol out of the town jail.