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Julie tells her story

In 1974 at her new San Francisco school, nine-year-old Julie does not want to tell her class about her parents' divorce, or to tell her sister about messing up her school assignment, but when she breaks her finger playing basketball and her whole family rallies around her, she realizes the importanc...

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Main Author: McDonald, Megan
Other Authors: Hunt, Robert, 1952- (Illustrator), McAliley, Susan (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Middleton, WI : American Girl Pub., c2007.
Series:American Girl collection
Subjects:
Honesty > Juvenile fiction.
Divorce > Juvenile fiction.
Families > California > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:In 1974 at her new San Francisco school, nine-year-old Julie does not want to tell her class about her parents' divorce, or to tell her sister about messing up her school assignment, but when she breaks her finger playing basketball and her whole family rallies around her, she realizes the importance of telling the truth.
Physical Description:91 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Audience:Ages 8 and up.
ISBN:1593692889
9781593692889
1593692897 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781593692896 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Megan McDonald was born February 28, 1959, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She grew up in the 1960s the youngest of five girls - which later became the inspiration of the Sister's Club. She attended Oberlin College and received a B.A. in English, then she went on to receive a Library Science degree at Pittsburgh University in 1986. Before becoming a full-time writer, McDonald had a variety of jobs working in libraries, bookstores, museums, and even as a park ranger.She was children's librarian, working at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Minneapolis Public Library and Adams Memorial Library in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. She has received various awards for her storytelling including a Judy Blume Contemporary Fiction Award, a Children's Choice Book award, and a Keystone State Award among others. McDonald has also written many picture books for younger children and continues to write. Her most recent work was the "Julie Albright" series of books for the American public. She currently resides in Sebastopol, California with her husband and pets.

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