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Imaginative, eleven-year-old Gina, her mysterious new neighbor, Antonio, and their classmates are inspired by an unusual young teacher to see who they are and envision who they are meant to become.

Main Author: Creech, Sharon (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Imagination > Juvenile fiction.
Teachers > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Imaginative, eleven-year-old Gina, her mysterious new neighbor, Antonio, and their classmates are inspired by an unusual young teacher to see who they are and envision who they are meant to become.
Physical Description: 253 pages ; 20 cm
Audience: Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN: 9780062570741
0062570749
9780062570758
0062570757
Author Notes: Sharon Creech was on born July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was in college when she took literature and writing courses and became intrigued by story-telling. Later, she was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland.

Her novel Walk Two Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007, Heartbeat was a finalist in the Junior Division (4th to 6th grades) of the Young Reader's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She has written over 15 fiction novels for young readers.

She is married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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