Rosy Cole's Memoir Explosion: A Heartbreaking Story about Losing Friends, Annoying Family, and Ruining Romance - Hardcover

Greenwald, Sheila

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374363471 ISBN 13: 9780374363475

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2006

Synopsis

Once again, the irrepressible Rosy Cole is in BIG TROUBLE! When her teacher asks everyone to describe the most interesting member of their family, Rosy decides to write about the person she knows best: herself. She’s even found a book that tells her exactly what to do, complete with a checklist what every successful memoir needs, from “Talent, Tears, Turning Points” to "Overcoming Obstacles” and “Rising above Failure.” So what if her friends get angry and her family feels betrayed? The drama that results could turn her life into a dynamite story. But just what – or who – is about to explode?
This clever, hilarious spoof on memoir writing, complete with witty black-and-white drawings, is bursting with kid appeal wll have Rosy fans – old and new – laughing out loud.

Rosy Cole's Memoir Explosion is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About this title

About the Author

SHEILA GREENWALD's Rosy Cole books have delighted
readers for more than twenty years. As Publishers Weekly said,
"Greenwald's ear is finely tuned to contemporary fads and
fashions, which she spoofs brilliantly." She lives in New
York City.

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-5-Although this Ramona-like character seems to vary up and down in age, she remains true to form in her personality. Inthis easy chapter book, Rosy avoids an assignment to write about an interesting relative by choosing to do a memoir. She buys Write Your Life: A How-to Guide for Memoir to learn what makes a successful memoir. The elements suggested, such as Confronting Demons and Overcoming Obstacles, parallel events in the story. Her friends all become angry with her for how they're portrayed or the unflattering incidents she relates, and she ends up offending everyone she knows. With interesting characters and a unique topic, this title will find an audience. Teachers wanting to model different forms of writing will like it as well. Greenwald's sassy line drawings show vivacious Rosy in action.-Debbie Whitbeck, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, MI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0374363471
• ISBN 13: 9780374363475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112