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The one thing you'd save

"If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this provocative question in linked poems that capture the diverse voices of a middle school class"--

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Main Author:	Park, Linda Sue (Author)
Other Authors:	Sae-Heng, Robert (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]
Subjects:	Schools > Juvenile fiction. Personal belongings > Juvenile fiction. Novels in verse > Juvenile.
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Summary:	"If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this provocative question in linked poems that capture the diverse voices of a middle school class"--
Physical Description:	65 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9781328515131 1328515133
Author Notes:	Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960. She received a B.A. in English from Stanford University. After graduating, she worked as a public-relations writer for a major oil company for two years. She obtained advanced degrees in literature from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland and from the University of London. Before becoming a full-time author, she held numerous jobs including working for an advertising agency, teaching English as a second language to college students, and working as a food journalist. Her first book, Seesaw Girl, was published in 1999. Her other books include The Kite Fighters, Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems), and A Single Shard, which won the 2002 Newbery Medal. She also wrote Storm Warning, which is the ninth book in the 39 Clues series. Her title A Long Walk to Water made the New York Times bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography)