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How to Survive Third Grade
The most popular third grader at Lincoln
School is certainly NOT Ernest Clark. He is small? His mother gives him
weird haircuts? He has no friends. Then Jomo Mugwana arrives from
Kenya. Jomo does not speak English but he likes Ernest and after a few
months the two become friends. The school has a balloon send. Each
student attached a card, with their name and address, onto their
balloon and on one day the balloons were sent off. When Ernest finds
out how far his balloon travels he worries about his classmates
taunting and how he will ever survive third grade.
Reviews and Comments
Winner of the 1991 Kansas City KC3 Reading Award
"Although there's no official document to
the effect, Ernest is unquestionably the class outcast.... It's the
peer dynamics, the lonely protagonist, and the natural easy-to-read
style that works well here." -- Recommended, The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
Winner of he 1991 KC3 Reading Award, Greater Kansas City Association of School Librarians
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