Lenny's book of everything / Karen Foxlee
Material type: TextEdition: First editionDescription: 314 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781524770129
- 1524770124
- 9781524770112
- 1524770116
- FIC FOX
- PZ7.F841223 Len 2019
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Fiction | MVS Library Children's Room | F- Fiction (Juvenile) | FIC FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4006649 |
Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, suffers from a rare form of gigantism and is taunted by other kids and turned away from school because of his size. To escape their cruel reality, Lenny and Davey obsess over the entries in their monthly installment of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia set. Lenny vows to become a beetle expert, while Davey decides he will run away to Canada and build a log cabin. But as Davey's disease progresses, the siblings' richly imagined world becomes harder to cling to in this deeply moving and original novel about grief, family, and wonder
Ages 8-12
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