ISBN |
9781524717421 (paperback) |
Name |
Pearsall, Shelley author. |
Title |
Things seen from above / Shelley Pearsall ; illustrated by Xingye Jin. |
Edition |
First Yearling edition. |
Published |
New York : Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2021. |
©2020 |
Description |
262 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
Notes |
"A Yearling book." |
Includes an excerpt from: The seventh most important thing. |
Summary |
April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a "buddy bench monitor" for the fourth graders' recess. Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn't just making random circles. When you look at his designs from above, a story emerges... Joey's "bird's eye" drawings reveal what he observes and thinks about every day. Told in alternating viewpoints--April's in text and Joey's mostly in art--the story gives the "whole picture" of what happens as these two outsiders find their rightful places. |
Target audience note |
Ages 8-12. |
Subjects |
Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction |
Middle school students -- Juvenile fiction |
School children -- Juvenile fiction |
Bullying -- Juvenile fiction |
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
Art -- Juvenile fiction |
Observation (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction |
Individuality -- Juvenile fiction |
Children's stories |
Other Names |
Jin, Xingye illustrator. |
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