Description
| Product ID: | 9781773060477 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CA |
| Title: | War at the Snow White Motel and Other Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Tim Wynne-Jones |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Short stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem, Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating War at the Snow White Motel is an insightful and funny new collection of short stories from award-winning author Tim Wynne-Jones that brilliantly captures many of the pivotal moments of adolescence. An insightful and funny new collection of short stories from award-winning author Tim Wynne-Jones. In “War at the Snow White Motel,” Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at their motel, but a much bigger conflict — the Vietnam War — looms large on the horizon. Ant wants to join the #FridaysForFuture movement — and impressing the new girl at school is only one good reason why. Joseph and Danny are determined to right an old wrong, no matter the consequences. Michel takes a road trip to spot a rare bird, and along the way learns what his father is really afraid of. Robin has to battle her anxiety when her great-grandfather sends her in search of an old stuffed toy with a storied past. Walker is home for the summer, in time to help his little sister expose a local company’s dubious environmental practices. A boy can’t figure out why the class bully won’t leave him alone — it’s not anything he could have foreseen. Tim Wynne-Jones brilliantly captures pivotal moments small and large as these characters fight for understanding, courage and a better future. This new collection features six brand-new stories and three that have been previously published. Key Text Features Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 |
| Imprint Name: | Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada |
| Publisher Name: | Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-09-17 |
