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The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary

"A story told in verse from multiple perspectives of the graduating fifth grade class of Emerson Elementary. The kids join together to try to save their school from being torn down to make way for a supermarket"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shovan, Laura (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Wendy Lamb Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Schools > Juvenile fiction. Novels in verse > Juvenile.
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Summary:	"A story told in verse from multiple perspectives of the graduating fifth grade class of Emerson Elementary. The kids join together to try to save their school from being torn down to make way for a supermarket"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:	246 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780553521375 0553521373 9780553521382 0553521381
Author Notes:	Laura Shovan has been a writer since the second grade. After graduating from NYU's Dramatic Writing Program, she taught high school and worked as a freelance journalist. She is now an educational consultant for teens with learning difficulties. She edited two poetry anthologies and is the author of the Harriss Poetry prize-winning chapbook Moutain, Log, Salt, and Stone . Laura and her family live in Maryland, where she is a longtime poet-in-the-schools for the Maryland State Arts Council. This is her first novel. Visit her online at laurashovan.com and on Twitter at @LauraShovan.