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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, June 2012
eBook, 176 pages
ISBN-10: 1442462272
ISBN-13: 9781442462274
Grades: 3 - 7
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- Charlie May Simon Book Award ML (AR)
- Children's Crown Award Nominee
- Common Sense Media Best Book Award
- Garden State Children's Book Award (NJ Library Association) (Categories: Easy to Read, Easy to Read Series, Non-Fiction, Fiction) (four categories, four winners)
- Garden State Children's Book Award Nominee (NJ)
- Great Stone Face Book Award Master List (NH)
- Kansas State Reading Circle Intermediate Titles
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List
- Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Master List
- Mark Twain Award Master List (MO)
- Nevada Young Reader's Award Nominee
- North Carolina Children's Book Award Master List
- Rhode Island Children's Book Award Master List
- South Dakota Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award Master List
- Virginia Young Readers List
- Volunteer State Book Award Master List (TN)
- William Allen White Children's Book Award Master List (KS)
- Young Hoosier Book Award Master List (IN)
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Description
A moving holiday story from New York Times bestselling author Andrew Clements.
For Hart Evans, being the most popular kid in sixth grade has its advantages. Kids look up to him, and all the teachers let him get away with anything -- all the teachers except the chorus director, Mr. Meinert. When Hart's errant rubber band hits Mr. Meinert on the neck during chorus practice, it's the last straw for the chorus director, who's just learned he's about to lose his job due to budget cuts. So he tells the class they can produce the big holiday concert on their own. Or not. It's all up to them. And who gets elected to run the show? The popular Mr. Hart Evans.
Hart soon discovers there's a big difference between popularity and leadership, and to his surprise, discovers something else as well -- it's really important to him that this be the best holiday concert ever, and even more important, that it not be the last.
For Hart Evans, being the most popular kid in sixth grade has its advantages. Kids look up to him, and all the teachers let him get away with anything -- all the teachers except the chorus director, Mr. Meinert. When Hart's errant rubber band hits Mr. Meinert on the neck during chorus practice, it's the last straw for the chorus director, who's just learned he's about to lose his job due to budget cuts. So he tells the class they can produce the big holiday concert on their own. Or not. It's all up to them. And who gets elected to run the show? The popular Mr. Hart Evans.
Hart soon discovers there's a big difference between popularity and leadership, and to his surprise, discovers something else as well -- it's really important to him that this be the best holiday concert ever, and even more important, that it not be the last.
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"Clements is a master at taking elements of relatively common school situations and turning them into masterful stories with truly engaging characters....[’ÄäThis story] will leave youngsters teeming with emotion."
-- School Library Journal
"[A] lively crowd-pleaser."
-- Horn Book
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