Stuff
Product Details
Atheneum, September 2007
Trade Paperback, 176 pages
ISBN-10: 1416949593
ISBN-13: 9781416949596
Ages: 10 - 14
Grades: 5 - 7
Awards and Nominations
- National Book Award Finalist
- ALA Notable Children's Books
Description
' A retired college president is determined to best a young beachcomber
' A store manager accuses a boy of shoplifting
' A tour guide strikes a bargain with an enterprising orphan
' A boy recovering from a broken arm befriends an elderly woman
in an old folks' home
' A widow and her son seize an opportunity presented
by a pair of antiques dealers
In each of these extraordinary short stories from the perceptive pen of E. L. Konigsburg, a chance meeting between two people casts a shadow on what things have been and what they can become, and changes a life forever.
"five short stories...all crisp and compactly tailored in setting forth their common theme of self-awareness."
-- Booklist, starred review
"Five short stories...all crisp and compactly tailored in setting forth their common theme of self-awareness."
-- Booklist, starred review
E.L. Konigsburg's Books
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The View From SaturdayHOW HAD MRS. OLINSKI CHOSEN her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah...Read More
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerWhen suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere she wants to run to somewhere--to a place that...Read More
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The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic WorldDiscoveriesAmedeo Kaplan dreams of discovering something -- some treasure no one realizes is there until he finds it. And he would like to discover a...Read More
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Journey to an 800 NumberThe Camel-Keeper's SonMaxmillian (also known as Bo) Stubbs's mother has just married a very rich man. Bo is looking forward to moving into his...Read More -
T-backs, T-shirts, Coat, and SuitGive the Unexpected a ChanceThat's the advice Chloë gets from her stepfather before she heads off to Florida to spend the summer with her aunt...Read More
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My Father's DaughterPoor Little Rich BoyWinston Carmichael has it all: a big house, servants, vacations in Palm Beach, and a fancy private school. But with overprotective...Read More
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Altogether, One At a TimeWhat do you do when your mother makes you invite the most obnoxious kid in your class to your birthday party? - Or when you have to wait another...Read More
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About the B'nai BagelsMark Setzer has a lot on his mind. He's worried about his upcoming bar mitzvah, and he misses his best friend, who's moved to the rich side of town and...Read More
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Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William Mckinley, And Me, ElizabethElizabeth is an only child, new in town, and the shortest kid in her class. She's also pretty lonely, until she meets Jennifer. Jennifer is...well,...Read More
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler PlaceI Prefer Not To.... That's Margaret Rose Kane's response to every activity she's asked to participate in at the summer camp to which she's been exiled...Read More
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The Second Mrs. GiocondaTHE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIMEAN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTHA YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL...Read More
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Silent To The BoneSpeechlessConnor is sure his best friend, Branwell, couldn't have hurt Branwell's baby half sister, Nikki. But Nikki lies in a coma, and Branwell is in...Read More
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T-backs, T-shirts, Coat and SuitGive the unexpected a chanceThat's the advice Chloë gets from her stepfather before she heads off to Florida to spend the summer with her aunt...Read More
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and MiniverEleanor of Aquitaine, wife to two kings, mother to two others, has been waiting in Heaven a long time -- eight centuries, more or less -- to be...Read More
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The Secret GardenOne of the most beloved children's books of all time and the inspiration for a feature film, a television miniseries, and a Broadway musical, The...Read More
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Up From Jericho TelLong before there was Dolly the sheep, Jeanmarie Troxell dubbed the look-alike, think-alike girls in her school "clones" and decided she wanted nothing...Read More
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