42 Miles

Informationen zum Autor Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, a former middle-school teacher, is the author of three books, including Sketches from a Spy Tree, published by Clarion. She and her family live near Charlotte, North Carolina. For more information visit www.tracievaughnzimmer.com. JoEllen's parents divorced when she was very young, so she was used to splitting her time between them, shuttling four blocks from one Cincinnati apartment to another. But when her dad moved to the old family farm last year, her life was suddenly divided. Now on weekdays she's a city girl, called Ellen, who hangs out with her friends, plays the sax, and loves old movies. And on weekends she's a country girl, nicknamed Joey, who rides horseback with her cousin, Hayden, goes fishing, and listens to bluegrass. So where do her loyalties lie? Who is the real JoEllen? Linked free-verse poems, illustrated with a quirky array of found objects and mementos, create the vivid, realistic portrait of a young girl at a defining moment in her life. Zusammenfassung JoEllen’s parents divorced when she was very young, so she was used to splitting her time between them, shuttling four blocks from one Cincinnati apartment to another. But when her dad moved to the old family farm last year, her life was suddenly divided. Now on weekdays she’s a city girl, called Ellen, who hangs out with her friends, plays the sax, and loves old movies. And on weekends she’s a country girl, nicknamed Joey, who rides horseback with her cousin, Hayden, goes fishing, and listens to bluegrass. So where do her loyalties lie? Who is the real JoEllen? Linked free-verse poems, illustrated with a quirky array of found objects and mementos, create the vivid, realistic portrait of a young girl at a defining moment in her life.

Product details

• Authors: Tracie Vaughn Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn/ Clayton Zimmer
• Assisted by: Elaine Clayton (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 10 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2008
• EAN: 9780618618675
• ISBN: 978-0-618-61867-5
• No. of pages: 73
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Emotions & Feelings, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Poetry / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Adolescence, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / Baby Animals, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Violence, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Family / Siblings, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Topics / Friendship, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Family / New Baby, gift;kid;baby;story;poetry;shower;bedtime, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Family / Marriage & Divorce