Gertie's leap to greatness
Gertie is a girl on a mission to be the best fifth grader ever in order to show her estranged mother that Gertie doesn't need her--not one bit!
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Schools > Juvenile fiction. Mothers > Juvenile fiction. Abandoned children > Juvenile fiction. Canadian fiction. |
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Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9780374302610
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Physical Description
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249 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm - Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016.
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Target Audience Note: | Ages 8-12. |
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Gertie's Leap to Greatness
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Summary
Gertie's Leap to Greatness
"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" -- Entertainment Weekly Gertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides to move away from their small town, Gertie sets out on her greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth grader in the universe to show her mother exactly what she'll be leaving behind. There's just one problem: Seat-stealing new girl Mary Sue Spivey wants to be the best fifth grader, too. And there is simply not enough room at the top for the two of them. From debut author Kate Beasley, and with illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Jillian Tamaki, comes a classic tale of hope and homecoming that will empty your heart, then fill it back up again--one laugh at a time.