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The present tense of Prinny Murphy / Jill MacLean.
Van Pelt Library HV9104.L415 P74 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacLean, Jill.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dysfunctional families--Juvenile fiction.
- Dysfunctional families.
- Sixth grade (Education)--Juvenile fiction.
- Sixth grade (Education).
- Bullying--Juvenile fiction.
- Bullying.
- Books and reading--Juvenile fiction.
- Books and reading.
- Best friends--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Canadian fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 230 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Markham, Ont. ; Brighton, Mass. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, ©2010.
- Summary:
- "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 is in grade six and 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."--The publisher.
- Notes:
- A sequel to 'The nine lives of Travis Keating'
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781554551453
- 1554551455
- OCLC:
- 550301014
- Publisher Number:
- 99990762173
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